Mozilla Firefox Ditches 64-bit Development(midsizeinsider.com)

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Mozilla Firefox Ditches 64-bit Development

http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/mozilla-firefox-ditches-64-bit-developme

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vanag14 anni fa

It is a sign that the Mozilla insistence on VS is harming the project. clang/gcc are also available on windows. They would really help to unify/simplify build system and the development process. Another serious weakness is the lack of ability to build FF with gtk on windows if I so desire. Moreover gcc offers windows 64 bit options. They should also support a modular codebase with complete third party dependencies. But more importantly it seems that they hope Rust cab become the de facto way of developing FF. It is a promising direction but it cannot remedy the VS mania.

jrajav14 anni fa

The Google Groups discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4817574

Also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4835581