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Sounds like a terrible idea, please no. I for one probably will stop using thunderbird if it gets rewritten in JS.
by Ono-Sendai 10y ago
Sounds like a terrible idea, please no. I for one probably will stop using thunderbird if it gets rewritten in JS.
- tmzt 10y agoWhat is it written in now? If I remember correctly it's mostly JS with a few native extensions in the chrome.
- jcranmer 10y agoThe backend is mostly in pure C++ (~500KLOC or so). The frontend is in JS (~200KLOC or so).
- Ono-Sendai 10y agoLooks like a combination of JS and C++, see for example https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/db/mork/src https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/db/mork/src