The original libjxl was written in C and has been riddled with security issues. It’s been rewritten in Rust which is what has been shipped by Chrome and soon Firefox.
I have to think this is a substantial reason for the backflip here as adding a new huge C library to browsers is a huge concern.
I have to think this is a substantial reason for the backflip here as adding a new huge C library to browsers is a huge concern.