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by BillinghamJ 3811 days ago
Why port rather than just writing it to be portable from the start? Seems like a lot of work?
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Why design the engine first released in 2011 under a completely closed culture to be portable for its eventual open-source release five years later? I understand the appeal of the thoughts behind what you said, but you shouldn't burn time on things you don't foresee being an issue.
Chakra was originally written for Internet Explorer 9. "Linux compatibility" was not exactly a huge priority at Microsoft at the time.