why not skia???

targa...@gmail.com

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Feb 29, 2016, 12:47:59 AM2/29/16

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i am wondering why the proposal is based on cairo when there is skia witch have all what cairo have plus it is written in c++

Thiago Macieira

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Feb 29, 2016, 1:14:20 AM2/29/16

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On domingo, 28 de fevereiro de 2016 21:47:59 PST targa...@gmail.com wrote:
> i am wondering why the proposal is based on cairo when there is skia witch
> have all what cairo have plus it is written in c++

My guess is that it's *because* it's written in C++. The purpose of the
project was to create a modern C++ 2D graphics library, with the best and
newest of C++ techniques. Using a C backend is easier than wrapping and
adapting a C++ backend.

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Feb 29, 2016, 4:40:42 AM2/29/16

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I think that the actual reason is that Cairo is battle-tested and used by a lot of other libraries.

Therefore, it's a reliable implementation.

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