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You're right about the meaning of 'native', but if you expect to have a 'reasonable expectation of performance' just because an app is written as a native binar
by wging 10y ago
You're right about the meaning of 'native', but if you expect to have a 'reasonable expectation of performance' just because an app is written as a native binary, you may be sorely disappointed. There are plenty of poorly performing native applications out there, and it's also certainly possible to write minimal, fast HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
- jorvi 10y agoThat's comparing outlier to outlier. If you compare two averagely coded apps, something written in C++ will make an absolute joke of something written in Javascript.
- debaserab2 10y agoAbsolutely. But you don't start out with a large memory footprint like an electron app, you actually have to code yourself into that problem instead of immediately inheriting it. I'd still argue that most people are going to assume that a native app is probably faster than your average electron app, for a whole host of reasons.