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0 pointsbluejekyll8y ago0 comments

You can still give Apple credit for having sponsored a significant investment into LLVM. Without them, it might not have taken off the way it has.

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distances8y ago

Indeed. Apple often also gets flak for taking KHTML and running with it, but footing the bill for WebKit development was a good thing for the Internet in general.

sjwright8y ago

Not giving Apple credit for LLVM or Webkit is akin to not giving Google credit for Android or Chrome.

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0 pointsbluejekyll8y ago0 comments

You can still give Apple credit for having sponsored a significant investment into LLVM. Without them, it might not have taken off the way it has.

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distances8y ago

Indeed. Apple often also gets flak for taking KHTML and running with it, but footing the bill for WebKit development was a good thing for the Internet in general.

sjwright8y ago

Not giving Apple credit for LLVM or Webkit is akin to not giving Google credit for Android or Chrome.

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