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0 pointseqvinox1y ago0 comments

Servo exists, in Rust. I don't know of any browser engine in C#/Java?

Also, modern browsers as a whole outsize entire OSes (sans browser)...

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> I don't know of any browser engine in C#/Java?

A famous one is HotJava. According to Wikipedia, it was also the first web browser to support Java applets.

eqvinoxOP1y ago

> A famous one is HotJava.

"Final release: Late 2004; 20 years ago"

I guess I should've specified "not completely and utterly dead"? ;D

(Also, the size and complexity of a browser at that point in time was arguably still a whole lot less than a modern one)

Yoric1y ago

It was also a mess :)

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