On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Karen Shaeffer <shaef...@neuralscape.com>wrote:
> Of course, I understand that. But there is a huge opportunity cost to > webkit. > The c++11 standard also rewrites the entire standard library. I have been > using > g++ 4.7.2 using -stdc++11 in my work with linux. And the code I have > tested is > performing nearly like c code. If you take advantage of the performance > enhancements > in C++11, then you can realize impressive performance gains. > > I do understand the nature of the business. And I also understand that > performance > is huge moving forward, where resource constrained mobile platforms are > significantly > affected by performance issues. I suggest you'll see Blink moving > aggressively to > support C++11 moving forward. And I suggest it is in WebKit's long term > interest to > do so as well. We already add as much support as we can while not breaking Windows and Linux. If you look at WTF, we use compiler flags to enable C++11 features on a case by case basis. WebKit2 goes even further and support of some feature is mandatory. You are welcome to help with that effort. Benjamin
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