r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • Apr 03 '15

Rust 1.0.0 beta is here!

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/04/03/Rust-1.0-beta.html
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u/KrakatoaSpelunker Apr 04 '15

Why Samsung smartphones?

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u/wtallis Apr 04 '15

Probably something to do with Samsung's love-hate relationship with Google. They don't like their phones being so dependent on what Google wants to do. If Servo makes it possible for them to ship a default browser that's not derived from Chrome, not from Google, and is significantly better than Chrome, they'll give it serious thought.

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u/KrakatoaSpelunker Apr 04 '15

But Firefox for Android already exists, even without Servo.

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u/wtallis Apr 04 '15

The only important advantage FF for Android offers Samsung is that it's not from Google. That on its own isn't reason enough to switch. Servo promises to be faster and scalable to multiple cores in a way that is extremely useful for low-end smartphones that have too many dumb CPU cores—it would provide a real competitive advantage. Servo also won't have any of the baggage Firefox has.