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Ladybird, a truly independent web browser. (ladybird.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Blaze to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

From.the FAQ

Why build a new browser in C++ when safer and more modern languages are available? Ladybird started as a component of the SerenityOS hobby project, which only allows C++. The choice of language was not so much a technical decision, but more one of personal convenience. Andreas was most comfortable with C++ when creating SerenityOS, and now we have almost half a million lines of modern C++ to maintain.

However, now that Ladybird has forked and become its own independent project, all constraints previously imposed by SerenityOS are no longer in effect. We are actively evaluating a number of alternatives and will be adding a mature successor language to the project in the near future. This process is already quite far along, and prototypes exist in multiple languages.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

It's crazy that SerenityOS decided to re-write their everything from scratch, to suit them. I wish I coukd do that too, but I don't have the resources.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I hadn't seen that, thanks! That gives me a little hope.

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