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key features implemented in a multi-process architecture, using plenty of C++ and Rust written modules

Which is exactly the point—the UI is written in HTML/CSS, not the native platform language, and the high-performance modules are written in C++ and Rust, also not the native platform language.



Driven by VM that I didn't ask for, using a dynamic language that can only go as far.

MSHTML and XUL eventually lost into obscurity, Electron will follow their footsteps.


C++ is absolutely the native platform language on Windows.




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