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by steveklabnik 1528 days ago
That's not correct. Firefox continues to gain new Rust code. Compare https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025230/https://4e6.githu..., the first version of this page archive.org saved after the layoffs. 9.5% Rust, 2.9 million LOC. Today https://4e6.github.io/firefox-lang-stats/ 10.1% Rust, 3.4 million LOC.
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pjmlp 1527 days ago
10% in a browser currently having 3% market share with a decreasing tendency towards 0%.

Most of that code is surely related to what was replaced initially instead of new subsystems being ported.

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steveklabnik 1527 days ago
> 10% in a browser currently having 3% market share with a decreasing tendency towards 0%.

Irrelevant to the question of how much Rust is in Firefox.

> is surely

Okay, it's clear you're not going to change your mind, no matter what.

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