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[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Languages: C++

Yeah, hard pass on looking at that code base.

[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

From their website:

Why build a new browser in C++ when safer and more modern languages are available?

Ladybird started as a component of the SerenityOS hobby project, which only allows C++. The choice of language was not so much a technical decision, but more one of personal convenience. Andreas was most comfortable with C++ when creating SerenityOS, and now we have almost half a million lines of modern C++ to maintain.
However, now that Ladybird has forked and become its own independent project, all constraints previously imposed by SerenityOS are no longer in effect. We are actively evaluating a number of alternatives and will be adding a mature successor language to the project in the near future. This process is already quite far along, and prototypes exist in multiple languages.

[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not criticizing the choice of C++. I just don't want to look at the code because I don't personally like the language.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Same for me with Rust. I don't like to look at it and it's a lot harder for me to understand (and hence contribute to or modify), so I avoid it.