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This is one of those glorious "because I can" projects that I love to see on HN. It shows that in a world full of big data, VC, and startups, where tech is a bi

This is one of those glorious "because I can" projects that I love to see on HN. It shows that in a world full of big data, VC, and startups, where tech is a big buisiness, we can still do something for the fun of it, without having a reason, or trying to provide value. In short, it shows that the hacker spirit isn't dead. I wonder if we can create a sort of Y combinator for quines: A function called YQ, that, when called with any function X as an argument will pass X a value that, when printed, generates reproduces both X and YQ, and calls X with YQ. I suppose the problem is that it would be hard to reproduce all of the values X depends on. You could just hedge on this, but that's not really the Right Thing. Also, I think this is the Most Functional database: it rebuilds the entire program every time state changes.

panic 10y ago
It's also the Most Object-Oriented database: it combines the data and the procedures to access that data into a single encapsulated object. An exemplary design in all respects!
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  See? I know OO and FP weren't mutually exclusive.
karlkatzke 10y ago
I wonder if we'll see the MongoDB investors throwing money at this next? I heard that they started the due diligence process into /dev/null, but somehow the process always came back as good without any actual content. /s
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  Well, I've heard that the Mongo investors in investing in some really revolutionary database technology next. Instead of having a document store, you have many "tables" each containing "rows" of objects of the same type. And the best part is that these objects can have relationships to other objects, allowing you to separate complex data into its components, and describe all kinds of systems. It has a strong mathematical background, and the creators have even developed an english like structured language for queries. It's already in use at Google and Facebook, so it's totally web scale. Crazy, right? /s

panic 10y ago

It's also the Most Object-Oriented database: it combines the data and the procedures to access that data into a single encapsulated object. An exemplary design in all respects!

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
See? I know OO and FP weren't mutually exclusive.

karlkatzke 10y ago

I wonder if we'll see the MongoDB investors throwing money at this next? I heard that they started the due diligence process into /dev/null, but somehow the process always came back as good without any actual content. /s

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Well, I've heard that the Mongo investors in investing in some really revolutionary database technology next. Instead of having a document store, you have many "tables" each containing "rows" of objects of the same type. And the best part is that these objects can have relationships to other objects, allowing you to separate complex data into its components, and describe all kinds of systems. It has a strong mathematical background, and the creators have even developed an english like structured language for queries. It's already in use at Google and Facebook, so it's totally web scale. Crazy, right? /s