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		hackcasual on July 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CanvasKit – Skia and WebAssembly Sure, and that's actually what FireFox does, but not everyone is going to prioritize that approach.

c-smile on July 19, 2019 [–]

So it is doable. QED.

hackcasual on July 19, 2019 | [–]

So because someone can abstract away the underlying graphics library, CanvasKit shouldn't exist?

c-smile on July 19, 2019 | | [–]

No.

Because browser already contains Skia (or Direct2D). In native (most performant) form.

Why do you need to download and run Skia inside Skia?

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