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Ladybird Browser adopts Rust, with help from AI (ladybird.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lobsters.

We’ve been searching for a memory-safe programming language to replace C++ in Ladybird for a while now. We previously explored Swift, but the C++ interop never quite got there, and platform support outside the Apple ecosystem was limited. Rust is a different story. The ecosystem is far more mature for systems programming, and many of our contributors already know the language. Going forward, we are rewriting parts of Ladybird in Rust.

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[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Someone could theoretically fork ladybird and strip out the AI, but it would be a lot of work.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's not that they are adding AI to the browser. it's that they are letting an AI develop the browser

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

they are letting an AI develop the browser

The port from C++ to Rust was assisted by an LLM. That's different from "ChatGPT, write me a web browser".

I cannot speak for the quality of that code, nor advocating for it, I merely want to make that distinction.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not that much, there's a git log, just find when they started doing AI and fork from just before then