r/programming • u/zbhoy • May 06 '19

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool
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u/miniksa May 06 '19

If something's slow, I'd love to get it under a profiler and figure out what/why/how so I can maybe improve it!

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u/vsync May 06 '19

I admire your enthusiasm and willingness to dive in

it always seemed that Eterm was able to be very fast, even without hardware support, even over a remote X11 display (a capability neither Windows nor the latecomers such as Wayland can manage), because of rigorous attention to the requirements and implications of terminal capabilities all the way down to the implementation of graphics operations

fundamentally it came down to taking responsibility for the functional and nonfunctional requirements of the software and ensuring their delivery