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sometimes people really are experts, OP built JavaScriptCore/Webkit for 10 years (and wrote many fun blog posts thx phil), and seems to be working on the ideas
by jitl 3y ago
sometimes people really are experts, OP built JavaScriptCore/Webkit for 10 years (and wrote many fun blog posts thx phil), and seems to be working on the ideas in this "joke project" for a few years, the allocator for isoheaping shipped in webkit in 2022 https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/main/Source/bmalloc/libpas/Documentation.md https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/main/Source/bmalloc/li...
- nickpsecurity 3y agoThat could be true. It’s a huge field, though, with many experts on interpreters or even QA not hearing of the tools I mentioned. Industry, FOSS, and academia are often silo’s to various degrees. Perhaps he’s well studied and that would be great. What caught my eye in his replies on Lobste.rs and here is how he replies. There seems to be as much ego as technical decisions driving it. In that case, people arguing technical details are wasting time since the project needs something else. Or they should thank him and fork it if they have different ideas.
- pizlonator 3y agoThere is a time and place for modesty and humility. For me, this ain't it, because I know how to solve this problem better than others have done, and so: I'm going to talk about why I think I'm right and I'm going to keep implementing Fil-C. No need to be offended by the fact that I'm calling my shot!