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Rewriting a browser is a memory-safe language (such as Rust) takes years if not decades. Case in point: Firefox. They've been rewriting parts of it in Rust for
by thePunisher 6y ago
Rewriting a browser is a memory-safe language (such as Rust) takes years if not decades.
Case in point: Firefox. They've been rewriting parts of it in Rust for the last 6 years or so and they've only managed a little over 10%.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y agoWell Google is kinda more resourceful than Mozilla, so they could rewrite it but did not.