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Many 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
by TonyAlicea10 4mo ago
Many 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 4mo 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 4mo 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 4mo agoYes I said “many” because if I didn’t qualify it someone would mention Rust.
- pjmlp 4mo 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.