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Re:Why are most browsers developed in C++? by aboodman on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @01:54PM (#6135570)
If by "these days" you mean ~6 years ago, then the answer is "yes, you'd start with C/C++". At least, that is what the Chrome team did.
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Re:Why are most browsers developed in C++? by tosseraccount on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:04PM (#6135659)
Actually, webkit dates to 1998.
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Re:Why are most browsers developed in C++? by oscargrouch on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:58PM (#6136053)
but the chrome effort started in 2006 to finish in 2008..
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Re:Why are most browsers developed in C++? by aboodman on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:52PM (#6137908)
Chrome contains millions of lines of code, not counting WebKit. Almost all of that is C++ and was started 6-7 years ago.
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Re:Why are most browsers developed in C++? by yuhong on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @02:57PM (#6136043)
KHTML dates to 1998.
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