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Answer is here, although the article is outdated and the most recent news is that they are rewriting the browser at least in Swift. https://awesomekling.github
by ironmagma 1y ago
Answer is here, although the article is outdated and the most recent news is that they are rewriting the browser at least in Swift.
https://awesomekling.github.io/Memory-safety-for-SerenityOS/ https://awesomekling.github.io/Memory-safety-for-SerenityOS/
- kragil 1y agoHow is it outdated?? Their GitHub has 0,3% Swift code. They said they start once Swift 6 is out. It has been out for months. So either they abandoned Swift or haven’t really started or they are really really slow to start using it. All three options are against the article being outdated, wouldn’t you agree?
- ironmagma 1y agoBecause the article is from 2022 and says that they will use a custom language called Jakt which didn't pan out, it seems. Yes, I am also eager for the Swift rewrite to get off the ground.
- pjmlp 1y agoMostly because the author switched focus to yet another language, and eventually decided to focus on something else instead of programming languages. https://github.com/sophiajt/june https://github.com/sophiajt/june
- circl_lastname 1y agoCurrent blockers to swift usage are found here: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/933 https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/933 Rising tide lifts all boats, by trying to use Swift seriously, they're finding and helping fix bugs in the compiler
- favorited 1y agoOne of the primary Ladybird devs just gave a lightning talk at CppCon about porting their HTML parser from C++ to Swift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRx1jE6DnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCRx1jE6DnY