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Ladybird Browser Team Selects Swift as Preferred Language

linuxiac.com Ladybird Browser Team Selects Swift as Preferred Language

Andreas Kling announces Swift as Ladybird's future language for better safety and ergonomics. Full transition awaits Swift 6.

I would have preferred Rust, a language created by Mozilla instead of one with ties to Apple, but I'm not a dev so I can't really judge. What are your thoughts?

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Rust was made by Mozilla? TIL
- Yep. It was developed to improve parallelization and security of Firefox. Many core parts of Firefox have been replaced with Rust implementations.
  
  I see now. Rust is the color of fox, and foxes eat crabs. It all makes sense now.
  
  I thought it was weird such an old piece of software had so much Rust in it. I noticed all the Rust-related things while ~~Firefox~~ Librewolf compiles but never looked into it further.

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