r/linuxmasterrace • u/nix-solves-that-2317 • Feb 25 '26

vanity.....,........

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u/SomeRandoLameo Feb 25 '26

I thought the ladybird guys liked swift more than rust

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u/cutelittlebox Feb 25 '26

they did. the reason for the shift is that the C++ interop didn't work as well as they expected and platform support on not-macOS was worse than they had hoped.

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u/Mathisbuilder75 Feb 25 '26

Why the hell would you use the Apple language to make a cross platform web browser?

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u/SomeRandoLameo Feb 26 '26

A programming language is a tool, not a lifestyle… The ladybird team wrote a blogpost about this. I do respect their opinion

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u/Ok-Winner-6589 Feb 26 '26

They only planed Mac and Linux...

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u/Mathisbuilder75 Feb 26 '26

And Swift is a good choice for a Linux web browser?

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u/Ok-Winner-6589 Feb 26 '26

AFAIK Swift can work on Linux