Lena@gregtech.eu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoSupporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchyblog.cloudflare.comexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkSupporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchyblog.cloudflare.comLena@gregtech.eu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square77linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresorter_plainview@lemmy.todaycakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-229 days agoIsn’t Ladybird adopting Swift as their preferred language? I’m slightly confused on why Ladybird over Servo. But I am sure people at Cloudflare have more knowledge than me. So I guess there is a good reason.
minus-squareLena@gregtech.euOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoYep, they’re moving from C++ to swift.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoHow does that work? Working with raw buffers and memory in Swift is a frustrating experience. I’m a big fan of Swift, but when I drop to systems level I don’t feel it’s a good fit.
minus-squareLena@gregtech.euOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoHere’s the dev’s post: https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031 (Sorry for Xitter link)
minus-squareduckofdeath87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·29 days agohttps://xcancel.com/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031 FTFY
minus-squareLena@gregtech.euOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoThanks, I couldn’t figure out how to convert the x.com URL to xcancel. Do you just change the domain?
Isn’t Ladybird adopting Swift as their preferred language? I’m slightly confused on why Ladybird over Servo. But I am sure people at Cloudflare have more knowledge than me. So I guess there is a good reason.
Yep, they’re moving from C++ to swift.
How does that work?
Working with raw buffers and memory in Swift is a frustrating experience.
I’m a big fan of Swift, but when I drop to systems level I don’t feel it’s a good fit.
Here’s the dev’s post: https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031
(Sorry for Xitter link)
https://xcancel.com/awesomekling/status/1822236888188498031
FTFY
Thanks, I couldn’t figure out how to convert the x.com URL to xcancel. Do you just change the domain?
Yep