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> Why not just use Firefox. The reason why Servo has existed (when it was still in Mozilla's care) was because on how deeply spagettified Gecko's code (sans Io
by zinekeller 1y ago
> Why not just use Firefox.
The reason why Servo has existed (when it was still in Mozilla's care) was because on how deeply spagettified Gecko's code (sans IonMonkey) was, with the plan of replacing Gecko's components with Servo's.
Firefox's automation systems are now miles better but that's literally the combination of years of work to modularize Gecko, the partial replacement of Gecko's parts with Servo's (like Stylo: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/08/inside-a-super-fast-css-engine-quantum-css-aka-stylo/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/08/inside-a-super-fast-css-en...), and actively building the APIs despite the still-spagettified mess.