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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
via @rgadellaa, I'd missed this insightful post by ROC (who I'm not sure is here?):
https://robert.ocallahan.org/2024/06/browser-engine.html
I'll only add notes to his queries in the thoughtful "Going Beyond" sections:
- You can always best a multi-OS browser on some perf aspects by optimising for a single OS...at least in the short run. Apple manages to do it (at least on power) through private APIs, and a sufficiently funded team can investigate/reverse enough to do the same (on open OSes....so not iPhones).
- (ctd.)