So Swift didn't turned out like they imagined and Rust is just the next best alternative to that failed vision using Swift.
replySo far this is the first and only shift
They were doing their own custom language before Swift.
replydidn't know
reply> The browser and libraries are all written in C++. (While our own memory-safe Jakt language is in heavy development, it’s not yet ready for use in Ladybird.)
https://awesomekling.github.io/Ladybird-a-new-cross-platform...
only thing I could find - has it been actually used in Ladybird after all?
No, they never completed or adopted their own language. It was back in the SerenityOS days, before the browser forked into its own project.
replyFrom the link it seems that Ladybird architecture is very modular, in this case LibJS is one of the subsystems that has less external dependencies, said that they don't need to migrate everything, only the parts that makes sense.
replyYes, i understand that in a personal project, but they have investors behind them.
replyThey adopted Rust for LibJS, not the browser and its engine.
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