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0 pointssylware2y ago0 comments

Sad, I wish for a modern web engine in plain and simple C99 (let's allow us some benign bits from c11).

I guess I'll stick to links and/or lynx and/or netsurf.

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materielle2y ago

The code might be closer to your wish than you think.

So, they stay on the bleeding edge if C++ compilers. So in terms of core language features, they are C++20-something.

But, everything is written from scratch, including the standard library.

As such, the code is a lot cleaner than a typical C++ codebase.

sylwareOP2y ago

The problem is c++ itself, with its grotesquely and absurdely massive and complex compilers, mechanically due to its syntax complexity. And yes, rust is hardly less worth.

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