@wycats Not just kowtow: C++ code overspecifies, other browsers cannot port chromium or reverse-eng bug4bug compat w/o dying. @landonfuller
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Replying to @BrendanEich
@BrendanEich@landonfuller indeed. This was the story with "SQLite in the browser" - thankful to Mozilla for calling out spec limits on that1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brendaneich That's actually the problem; the stack is limited to the degree that you need the browser vender to let you use SQLite.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @landonfuller
@landonfuller No,@wycats' point was that SQLite was like Pepper: single-vendor-impl, code-not-spec, bug4bug compat non-standard.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brendaneich Needing vendor support at all for SQLite is the deficiency of the big gap between vendor vs. developer exec environment2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @landonfuller
@landonfuller@BrendanEich the platform comes with enough primitives to do storage for years.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brendaneich That's a generous interpretation of 'done' relative to the performance/utility of multithreaded WAL'd-SQLite on native1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @landonfuller
@landonfuller@BrendanEich I'm also sensing some goalpost moving in this discussion.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@brendaneich Not considering unusable tech demos as viable does not for goalpost moving make.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@landonfuller @BrendanEich fundamentally you're eliding the cost of actually standardizing Pepper when doing the compare. Unfair.
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Replying to @wycats
@landonfuller "ES4" is sufficient counter example to disprove all your arguments /cc@wycats@BrendanEich0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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