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Misleading title? It seems far more likely this is specifically related to the js engine than the renderer.
by oeoeoeioe 6y ago
Misleading title? It seems far more likely this is specifically related to the js engine than the renderer.
- nemothekid 6y agoAre there any browsers using Webkit that aren't using JavascriptCore? Now that Chrome uses Blink, I'm pretty sure anyone using v8 is probably using Blink as well?
- why_only_15 6y agoAs I recall some samsung browsers and the like use it? Webkit is removing support for non-JSC engines, and I remember the samsung people as well as some others being upset about this.
- om2 6y agoWe removed support for non-JSC engines immediately after the Blink form.
- gsnedders 6y agoAnd Blink likewise removed support for non-V8. All the major browser engines are relatively tightly coupled to the JS engine at this point (not impossibly so, but there's definitely a tighter coupling than there was historically).
- om2 6y agoIt would be easier to swap JS engines than other browser engine components probably, but yeah, not trivial. The patches to make WebKit support choice of JSC or V8 were janky in the first place and constrained what we could do.
- Arelius 6y agoI agree, while it may not be entirely technically accurate to say WebKit, I do think it's specific enough, and also a more broadly known technology than Javascript Core