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> Mozilla already tried re-writing the CSS engine in C++ before. They failed Blaming the tool for own failure to do the job isn't all that persuasive. > C++ s
by Mikhail_K 6y ago
> Mozilla already tried re-writing the CSS engine in C++ before. They failed
Blaming the tool for own failure to do the job isn't
all that persuasive.
> C++ simply wasn't usable for writing a parallel CSS engine.
It might be not so much the proof of C++ deficiency as simply another manifestation of mismanagement of the browser development by
Mozilla Foundation.
> But Rust’s fearless concurrency has made parallelism practical!"
Because nobody ever wrote concurrent systems in C++?
- monopoledance 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
- Mikhail_K 6y ago> Because nobody ever wrote concurrent systems in C++?
- wtetzner 6y ago> Blaming the tool for own failure to do the job isn't all that persuasive. I would argue it is persuasive if switching to a new tool lead to success. What would be the point of continuing to try the thing that's not working?