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Thanks for the rationale. I'm most interested in the ARC aspect of the site.

Zak 20y ago
I don't think the fact that the site is written in Arc makes the site itself any more interesting. Arc is interesting, as is the fact that it's to the point where it could be used to make this site.
- bootload 20y ago
  '... I don't think the fact that the site is written in Arc makes the site itself any more interesting. ...' I do. I'm pretty sure the site, layout & idea have been inspired by the defection from lisp to python ~ http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit As the site progresses it proves a point. That "Reddit" could have continued in Lisp had they persisted and that "Lisp -like languages", can still cut it.
- pg 20y ago
  It does in a sense, because it makes it faster to add new features.
ninwa 20y ago
Really? I was most interested in the role that news.ycombinator.com is going to play in their application process. I think that it's an absolutely great idea and not only helps Paul but start-up-would-be's as well.
- ninwa 20y ago
  This comment added through the comment page of a new news story. Note: If you came from the news story, click comment up above. : )
- jmzachary 20y ago
  Yes, really. That's not to say I'm uninterested in the role that news.ycombinator will play in their application process, too. Once word gets out, it will be very interesting to see what kind of traffic is posted and how the signal/noise ratio changes.
jwecker 20y ago
OK, here's the question, pg, is this site actually running on a lightweight webserver written in ARC, or did you tie ARC into apache or something for the application logic and storage? Or did you use ARC as a markup language? Just curious.
- pg 20y ago
  The server's written in Arc too. I wanted to learn how to write one.
  - jwecker 20y ago
    in that case, I _am_ excited about Arc's progress ;)
  - jadams 20y ago
    Can you tell us what kind of editor you're using to write Arc (and Arc code). Is Arc suited to writing its own IDE?
    - pg 20y ago
      editor: vi, ide: repl
  - jadams 20y ago
    Can you tell us what kind of editor you're using to write Arc (and Arc code). Is Arc suited to writing its own IDE?
  - ozten 20y ago
    I thought you might have written the server, since their isn't too much fat in the HTTP headers :) You should add a Server header for bragging rights though. Congrats to you and your team on launching the first Arc app regardless of how much of the stack is written in Arc.
  - kingkongrevenge 20y ago
    Do you find mzscheme plays well with pthreads, or have you another concurrency approach?

Zak 20y ago

I don't think the fact that the site is written in Arc makes the site itself any more interesting. Arc is interesting, as is the fact that it's to the point where it could be used to make this site.

bootload 20y ago
'... I don't think the fact that the site is written in Arc makes the site itself any more interesting. ...' I do. I'm pretty sure the site, layout & idea have been inspired by the defection from lisp to python ~ http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit As the site progresses it proves a point. That "Reddit" could have continued in Lisp had they persisted and that "Lisp -like languages", can still cut it.
pg 20y ago
It does in a sense, because it makes it faster to add new features.

ninwa 20y ago

Really? I was most interested in the role that news.ycombinator.com is going to play in their application process. I think that it's an absolutely great idea and not only helps Paul but start-up-would-be's as well.

ninwa 20y ago
This comment added through the comment page of a new news story. Note: If you came from the news story, click comment up above. : )
jmzachary 20y ago
Yes, really. That's not to say I'm uninterested in the role that news.ycombinator will play in their application process, too. Once word gets out, it will be very interesting to see what kind of traffic is posted and how the signal/noise ratio changes.

jwecker 20y ago

OK, here's the question, pg, is this site actually running on a lightweight webserver written in ARC, or did you tie ARC into apache or something for the application logic and storage? Or did you use ARC as a markup language? Just curious.

pg 20y ago
The server's written in Arc too. I wanted to learn how to write one.
- jwecker 20y ago
  in that case, I _am_ excited about Arc's progress ;)
- jadams 20y ago
  Can you tell us what kind of editor you're using to write Arc (and Arc code). Is Arc suited to writing its own IDE?
  - pg 20y ago
    editor: vi, ide: repl
- jadams 20y ago
  Can you tell us what kind of editor you're using to write Arc (and Arc code). Is Arc suited to writing its own IDE?
- ozten 20y ago
  I thought you might have written the server, since their isn't too much fat in the HTTP headers :) You should add a Server header for bragging rights though. Congrats to you and your team on launching the first Arc app regardless of how much of the stack is written in Arc.
- kingkongrevenge 20y ago
  Do you find mzscheme plays well with pthreads, or have you another concurrency approach?