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To sustain an independent, cutting-edge, competive browser engine you need several hundred excellent engineers working full-time, at least. No-one's been able t
by roca 6y ago
To sustain an independent, cutting-edge, competive browser engine you need several hundred excellent engineers working full-time, at least. No-one's been able to do it with less.
- detaro 6y agoIs there good data on that from any of the vendors? I'd be very curious how the effort is distributed among various pieces.
- roca 6y agoNo, it's hard to get. Also tricky is what counts as "the engine" varies from project to project. E.g. Webkit doesn't cover as much functionality as Gecko or Chromium, e.g. the HTTP stack is separate.
- detaro 6y agoRight. Similarly, a browser needs a JS engine, which is massive effort - but V8 now has uses far outside the browser.