Comment by orf
5 years ago
> Start out with SQLite in all the major browsers, and then gradually have them diverge. Blink and Webkit started the same way. Independent implementation does not mean "implementation of uncommon history".
The point is that they would clearly never, ever diverge. Any sqlite quirks (of which there are plenty) would be enshrined into the backwards-compatibility requirements of any browser that used it. Plus building a database isn't simple - so why not just use sqlite? Setting out to fork or rewrite sqlite is not a task that makes any sense.
The exact same argument could have been made for Blink and WebKit, which didn't turn out to be true.