Simon Willison 12/17/2025

firefox parser/html/java/README.txt

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The article reveals that the HTML5 parser in Firefox is written and maintained as Java code, which is then automatically translated into C++ via a custom script. It details the process, points to the translation code in the Nu Html Checker repository, and references a historical blog post about its integration into Firefox in 2009.

firefox parser/html/java/README.txt

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