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I tend to think of the web and the internet as distinct things. For the language of the web I'd probably nominate HTML. For the language of the internet it's
by criddell 5mo ago
I tend to think of the web and the internet as distinct things.
For the language of the web I'd probably nominate HTML.
For the language of the internet it's a lot less clear to me.
- TonyAlicea10 5mo agoMany browser rendering engines are built in C++, so C++ is parsing the HTML. My general point is that many web/internet techs that web devs interact with have C++ one abstraction level below for actual implementation.
- irishcoffee 5mo agoI agree with you, and it amuses me to no end when I (rarely) use Wt to make a simple webpage. C++ to js (very roughly) rendered by c++.
- ahartmetz 5mo agoAll widely used HTML engines are C++. Of the up and coming ones, Servo is Rust and Ladybird is C++ potentially moving to Rust. In any case, Rust is basically C++ 2.0 to me because it is very much in the spirit of C++.
- TonyAlicea10 5mo agoYes I said “many” because if I didn’t qualify it someone would mention Rust.
- pjmlp 5mo agoRust is a tiny portion of Firefox, and sadly it is in the way of irrelevance. It is kind of ironic that Rust will outlive Firefox as Mozzilla's legacy.