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Well we make work with the tools we have

It worked well enough, maybe "fit for purpose" is a stronger word

Makes sense, but strangely, no one has responded to my question about why Servo hasn't been picked up, if Rust is such an important factor in browser engine implementation. People are calling using C and C++ "ridiculous" and "irresponsible" and "not fit for purpose". And yet, no one's using the alternative that's sitting right there?

Because Servo is unfinished, and companies have different priorities. For instance, Microsoft could've have been strict and formally checked code for Windows since the inception of constraint checkers, but they chose other priorities. Now they're are slowly trying to integrate Rust to help reduce security bugs.

You know what's funny?

Windows was built in C when "C was not guaranteed to win", hence why they have weird things like Pascal calling convention etc

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