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Wasn't the first cut at windows me written in c#, maybe we can start there. The servo browser on redox isn't even completely free of c I think.
by galangalalgol 2y ago
Wasn't the first cut at windows me written in c#, maybe we can start there. The servo browser on redox isn't even completely free of c I think.
- qskousen 2y agoWindows ME was the worst Windows though.
- edm0nd 2y agoHard agree. Windows 98SE SP2 was the best
- do_not_redeem 2y agoVista was the worst in my book. And Vista was actually the real turning point when C# started to infect Windows.
- gpm 2y agoServo relies on firefox's JS runtime spidermonkey, written in C++.
- ekr____ 2y agoMoreover, a significant fraction of JS vulnerabilities are logic errors in the JIT, so even if the JIT itself is memory safe, that doesn't make the resulting code free of vulnerabilities.
- smitelli 2y agoWindows ME was just Win98SE in an ugly sweater. Mostly C/C++ with some assembly peppered in.
- xahrepap 2y agoMaybe you’re thinking of this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_system) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(operating_syste...
- throw16180339 2y agoI think you're thinking of Windows Longhorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#Mid-2004_to_mid-2005:_Development_%22reset%22_(post-reset_builds) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_Windows_Vista#M...). They used managed code and ended up partially scrapping it to restart development on top of Windows Server 2003.