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		TonyAlicea10 14 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C++: The Documentary Many browser rendering engines are built in C++, so C++ is parsing the HTML. My general point is that many web/internet techs that web devs interact with have C++ one abstraction level below for actual implementation.
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irishcoffee 14 hours ago [–]

I agree with you, and it amuses me to no end when I (rarely) use Wt to make a simple webpage. C++ to js (very roughly) rendered by c++.

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