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Mozilla Is Interested In A Rust JPEG-XL Decoder For Firefox & Google Might Develop It

Mozilla is interested in a Rust-written JPEG-XL image decoder for its memory safety characteristics compared to the existing C++ code they rely on for JPEG-XL image support in Firefox. While Google previously removed JPEG-XL support from Chrome/Chromium, it may be Google that comes to the rescue and writes a Rust-based JPEG-XL image decoder that can then be shipped by Firefox...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Interest-JPEG-XL-Rust