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It is also kinda a self-burn. Chromium an aging code base [1]. It is written in a memory unsafe language (C++), calls hundreds of outdated & vulnerable librarie
by Genbox 11mo ago
It is also kinda a self-burn. Chromium an aging code base [1]. It is written in a memory unsafe language (C++), calls hundreds of outdated & vulnerable libraries [2] and has hundreds of high severity vulnerabilities [3].
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
[1] https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commits/main/?after=c5a4b284fbc0e35d64239a0f66061f3a92941daa+1662000 https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commits/main/?after=c5a...
[2] https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/DEPS https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/DEPS
[3] https://www.cvedetails.com/product/15031/Google-Chrome.html?vendor_id=1224 https://www.cvedetails.com/product/15031/Google-Chrome.html?...
- mycall 11mo agoGiven Google's resources, I'm a little surprised they having created an LLM that would rewrite Chromium into Go/Rust and replace all the stale libraries.