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Firefox is implemented in JavaScript i'm pretty sure that much of the performance-critical core is in C++; javascript is th UI/extensions layer, to the best of
by pgbovine 17y ago
Firefox is implemented in JavaScript
i'm pretty sure that much of the performance-critical core is in C++; javascript is th UI/extensions layer, to the best of my knowledge
- jrockway 17y agoVimperator and Conkeror do some pretty complicated manipulation in pure JavaScript. (Sure, the rendering core is in C++, but that's because C++ was all they had when it was first developed.)
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoThey've been talking for years about written more and lower layers with Javascript. I'm not sure how far along they've got, it would be interesting to know. Obviously parts are C++ but isn't interfacing with such code one of the defining characteristics of a "scripting language" and javascript in particular?