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by refulgentis 1032 days ago
What makes Python native and JS not?

n.b. just because CPython exists doesn't mean Python is native.

n.b. native vs. web is colloquially a discussion from 00s macOS and 10s mobile about fidelity to the platform's standard UI toolkit.

n.b. when people shit on Electron its because of RAM use and lack of fidelity to the platform toolkit, and the waste of have a full JS engine compiled into an app, ideally they'd all use some base WebView from the system instead of Chromium

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I am talking about using the platform's native windowing controls.

> ideally they'd all use some base WebView from the system instead of Chromium

Ideally they don't use any of that web trash and use something that favors the native platform conventions