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The previous posters were talking about languages available when chromium was started. So while Rust probably would be the language of choice today (see Firefox
by _ph_ 6y ago
The previous posters were talking about languages available when chromium was started. So while Rust probably would be the language of choice today (see Firefox), it wasn't an option, but Java was already around and mature.
- jolux 6y agoI don’t think Java is an option either for writing a web browser specifically for reasons of overheard. Rust is probably an option now but bringing up Java in this context was weird.