Comment by n2d4
19 hours ago
The fact that other browsers are huge engineering efforts only makes it more interesting to many. It's arguably one of the hardest things a programmer could build, how could you not wanna build one!
19 hours ago
The fact that other browsers are huge engineering efforts only makes it more interesting to many. It's arguably one of the hardest things a programmer could build, how could you not wanna build one!
Yes but why do it in C++? There is no compiler enforced safe mode and you're by definition implementing an engine to run hostile code in it.
> There is no compiler enforced safe mode
It's still early days, but Clang can check some lifetimes, using the [[clang::lifetimebound]] attribute [1]. You can also restrict unsafe pointer usage [2] outside designated blocks of code—somewhat like Rust’s unsafe keyword.
[1] https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#id8 [2] https://clang.llvm.org/docs/SafeBuffers.html#buffer-operatio...
Since 2012, all future browsers will be written in Rust and looks like it will always be that case. Perhaps, programming a browser in Rust is a painful activity that nobody seems to have managed to complete (writing parts of it since the Servo days). Talking about safety though, nonstop, yeah no shortage of that.
FWIW nobody has written a new complete browser engine in any language since then, not just Rust.
I personally have had enough of the "security" bullshit after seeing what it's done to "secure" control over the population and put that in the hands of the enemy.
I thought you were happy that your man was finally fixing things this year.
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