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> Rust was developed by Mozilla specifically for use in writing a browser, so it’s very fitting that Chromium would finally begin to rely on this technology too
by AdmiralAsshat 4y ago
> Rust was developed by Mozilla specifically for use in writing a browser, so it’s very fitting that Chromium would finally begin to rely on this technology too. Thank you Mozilla for your huge contribution to the systems software industry. Rust has been an incredible proof that we should be able to expect a language to provide safety while also being performant.
Somewhere, the laid-off Mozilla Servo team just took a swig from their hip flask.
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- jackmott42 4y agoThey might be at Google now.
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- a_bonobo 4y agoThe three biggest contributors on Github [1] are https://github.com/Ms2ger https://github.com/Ms2ger - at Igalia in Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igalia https://github.com/emilio https://github.com/emilio - still at Mozilla? https://github.com/jdm https://github.com/jdm - works at CashApp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_App https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_App [1] https://github.com/servo/servo/graphs/contributors https://github.com/servo/servo/graphs/contributors
- bfrog 4y agoIt's just amazing how industrious and creative a small group at Mozilla was in order to boot strap Rust. Cheers to Graydon and Mozilla. Let an elevator never fail you again.