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Re:Firefox Preview 3.0 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @09:00AM (#21657388)
Extensions were always going to be added. You have to have a usable browser before you can even use extensions.
Re:Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++ on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:36PM (#21017877)
They actually do sometimes AFAIK
Re:Thoughts on Rust bloat on Thursday August 22, 2019 @09:59AM (#20768109)
This is the GitHub repository

https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/

Re:Reinventing Firefox for Android on Thursday June 27, 2019 @02:31PM (#20297182)
This is still a preview, it's nowhere near a finished product. Extensions come after MVP https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/662#issuecomm...
Re:Graphics Team ships WebRender MVP on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:12PM (#19976096)
IMozilla engineers have specifically said Stylo (Quantum Style whatever) would be impossible in C++, because they actually tried it in C++. Presumably it'd be the same with WebRender.
Re:Modern C++ Won't Save Us on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @12:13AM (#19725569)
The Rust Evangelism Strikeforce only exists in completely inane comments like yours, maybe instead of posting memes you comment on the actual content of the article not the headline?
Every project with millions of lines of C or C++ is going to be around the same, Firefox is over 50% as well.
Re:Rocket v0.4: Typed URIs, Database Support, Revamped Queries on Saturday December 08, 2018 @04:02PM (#18637512)
>I think the best experience for developing rust right now is in VScode or vim, IMO.

Intellij + Rust Intellij plugin is probably the best, in terms of actual usefulness (code completion etc) and stability.

Re:Rocket v0.4: Typed URIs, Database Support, Revamped Queries on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:53PM (#18637468)
>it doesn't leak memory

Fairly sure you can leak memory, just no memory safety issues (in safe Rust).

Re:Google and Facebook accused of breaking GDPR laws on Friday May 25, 2018 @10:49AM (#17154224)
New companies can't benefit from that scheme anymore, since 2014 actually.

"Finance Minister Michael Noonan closed the Double Irish to new schemes in October 2014 (existing schemes to close in 2020), and expanded the Capital Allowances for Intangibles scheme as a replacement"