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It seems there is zero c++ in their web engine (cannot clone their repo right now and github is spitting raw json while browsing their source code with noscript/basic (x)html browsers).

Is this true?

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No, it's basically all c++

Sad, I wish for a modern web engine in plain and simple C99 (let's allow us some benign bits from c11).

I guess I'll stick to links and/or lynx and/or netsurf.

The code might be closer to your wish than you think.

So, they stay on the bleeding edge if C++ compilers. So in terms of core language features, they are C++20-something.

But, everything is written from scratch, including the standard library.

As such, the code is a lot cleaner than a typical C++ codebase.

The problem is c++ itself, with its grotesquely and absurdely massive and complex compilers, mechanically due to its syntax complexity. And yes, rust is hardly less worth.

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