I wouldn't call this a port.

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I wouldn't call this a port.

trusktr opened this issue 7 years ago · comments

Joe Pea commented 7 years ago

It's WebKit compiled to browser-based JS.

A port would be a rewrite in JS, then maintained source code would be JS.

Joe Pea · Answer 1 · Tue Jul 25 2017 12:17:09 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

A port would not run on top of an existing browser. This is a browser that needs another browser to run.

A port would be a standalone browser not running in another browser, maintained in JS.

Drew DeVault · Answer 2 · Tue Feb 13 2018 03:51:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I do not think you know what "port" means.

Joe Pea · Answer 3 · Tue Feb 13 2018 04:31:09 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Maybe I don't. :laugh:. I always thought a port was manual rewrite to another language. I was comparing it to C: compiling to ASM isn't porting to ASM.

Drew DeVault · Answer 4 · Tue Feb 13 2018 04:40:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Porting is the process of compiling something for a new architecture. You're right that compiling C to assembly isn't necessarily "porting", but if some software was designed for x86 assembly then compiling it to ARM assembly and fixing any resulting bugs is known as "porting".

Joe Pea · Answer 5 · Tue Feb 13 2018 06:15:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I wouldn't even bother opening such an issue nowadays anyways, ive learnt not to get into insignificant details that only waste time! Sorry for bothering, and nice concept. :)