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0 pointspcwalton7y ago0 comments

OK, how do I get the Chromium team to integrate parallel layout written in Rust?

Sometimes innovation is at odds with whatever Google's Chrome team feels like doing. That is why engine diversity is a good thing.

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jhasse7y ago· 2 in thread

Suggest it to them?? If it's really faster, why wouldn't they merge it?

>> OK, how do I get the Chromium team to integrate parallel layout written in Rust?

> Suggest it to them?? If it's really faster, why wouldn't they merge it?

How many major software projects do you know of that will casually add a programming language?

It wouldn't be casually if the parallel renderer brought in some real benefits.

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