Yes, you can create an environment in every language to help you write very short web-apps. I still dont get the point Paul wants to make with his Arc example.

Yes, you can create an environment in every language to help you write very short web-apps. I still dont get the point Paul wants to make with his Arc example. Your Ruby solution looks a lot more readable to me. Also my PHP solution, which is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=108625 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=108625 Maybe Paul wants to elaborate, what from his point of view the advantages of his ARC example are?