Warp: Fast, Rust-based terminal (waiting list)

Post by drran » Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

vidarh wrote: post #96

zachlloyd wrote: post #32

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We mention Rust primarily because it produces a really high-performance app and to make clear that it's not built using Electron or web tech. We wrote up a pretty detailed technical design if you're interested in checking out how we built and why we made the decisions we made: https://blog.warp.dev/how-warp-works/

But who would expect Electron or web tech for a terminal ? Having written terminal code both in compiled and interpreted languages, and on machines about a thousand times slower than a typical modern machine, speed here is also much more down to algorithm choices - especially for rendering - than language. I find the focus on FPS pretty odd as well, as really high update speeds for a terminal typically only comes int…