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		Almondsetat on June 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So you want to build a browser engine Doesn't GWT transpile to Javascript?

esprehn on June 10, 2024 [–]

Yes, that sentence is stating two different things:

> The parser core compiles on Google Web Toolkit *and* can be automatically translated into C++

Almondsetat on June 10, 2024 | [–]

Then I don't understand why GWT was mentioned. Does compiling on GWT have anything to do with the finished C++ code?

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