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submitted 2 months ago by BaumGeist@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Finally, another web engine is being developed to compete with Chromium and Firefox (Gecko), and they're also working on a browser that will use it.

Here's the maintainer talking about the current state of the project, and a demo of the current functionality

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[-] Asudox@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure. It is open source, but the development is done by Apple engineers. I also would like to state that Go has trackers in it. I also don't really care what the creator of a language is. Homophobe, sexist, racist or other similar stuff, I couldn't care less as long as the language is good.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You couldn't care, as long as the language is good, but you care when it's Apple?

You're wrong btw. Sure, Apple engineers developed it originally. But it is now in the hands of the open source community, with over 1,000 contributors on github: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift

Edit: To be clear, unlike something like Chromium, Apple doesn't even own the repositories anymore. It's fully independent.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I said:

I couldn't care less as long as the language is good.

Why wouldn't I care if the language is bad in my opinion?

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Okay, so what's bad about Swift?

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