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Oliver (the main developer) just announced that they’re going to work full time on Porffor: https://x.com/canadahonk/status/1818347311417938237 https://x.com/ca
by awesomekling 2y ago
Oliver (the main developer) just announced that they’re going to work full time on Porffor: https://x.com/canadahonk/status/1818347311417938237 https://x.com/canadahonk/status/1818347311417938237
- simlevesque 2y agoFinanced by defunkt[1], GitHub cofounder and ex CEO, for an undisclosed future project. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=defunkt https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=defunkt
- pityJuke 2y agoAlso funded the Ladybird browser recently. Seems to like his web.
- pandemic_region 2y agoNot familiar with this stuff at all, is Porffor a js engine that Ladybird could end up using? Or are they still writing their own?
- Sammi 2y agoOr just two separate moonshots for now.
- meiraleal 2y agoIf that happens I would thank defunkt so much. Great way to spend money.
- simlevesque 2y agoYou'd have to wait before using any website using js. The AOT introduces a delay. Not sure it's achievable.
- giancarlostoro 2y agoPorffor compiles the JS to WASM, so it would be kind of a waste. Though there might be no reason the two projects cannot share some logic, like parsing the JS and such. I kind of doubt this is why its being funded. It sounds like a useful project.
- fyrn_ 2y agoIt can also compile to Native
- stabbles 2y agoSince js is dynamic you can't compile all ahead of time, so you need an interpreter
- hyperbolablabla 2y agoI thought ladybird used WebKit?
- apgwoz 2y agoNo. Completely green field. Well, it _was_. I believe they’ve recently accepted that third party libraries will be allowed in the non-Serenity OS version.
- katspaugh 2y agoGiven that defunkt's current project is a game engine/IDE, makes sense he's interested in an ultra-fast compiler for a popular language that builds compact sub-MB native executables...