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rs_rs_rs_rs_rs • yesterday at 2:48 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

What? The js engine in Safari is open source, they can put Claude to work on it any time they want.

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runjake • yesterday at 5:04 PM

Here's a rough break down, formatted best I can for HN:

  Safari (closed source)
   ├─ UI / tabs / preferences
   ├─ macOS / iOS integration
   └─ WebKit framework (open source) ~60%
        ├─ WebCore (HTML/CSS/DOM)
        ├─ JavaScriptCore (JS engine)
        └─ Web Inspector
hu3 • yesterday at 3:58 PM

There's much more to a browser than JS engine.

They picked to most open-source one.

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g947o • yesterday at 5:21 PM

Apple is not the kind of company that typically does these things, even if the entire Safari is open source.