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Ask HN: Trying to Find a Post

1 points by hibikisama 6y ago

Hi HN! I created this account because I'm trying to find a post from a few days ago in regards to a programming language like Haskell. I think it had some sort of functional programming aspect to it. I was searching it through the search bar and couldn't find it after going 15 pages deep and checking comments too.

ColinWright 6y ago
Roughly what day, and what search terms have you tried? Can you remember any unusual words? How long was the thread? Was it this one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22851823 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22851823
- hibikisama 6y ago
  I want to say it was only 4-5 days ago max. I just remember the post had over 100 upvotes and there was a medium amount of discussion about it. I believe the author of the language was in the comments section, but I could be mistaken. Sadly, it was not this language, but thank you for the link
  - ColinWright 6y ago
    If it had over 100 votes and was in the last few days you might find it by scanning through here: https://news.ycombinator.com/best https://news.ycombinator.com/best You can also look at the front page from a specific day here: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2020-04-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2020-04-08 Through that I found this item: Clojure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22797858 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22797858 And this: IO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22796409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22796409
    - hibikisama 6y ago
      Thank you so much! I was able to find it by looking at the front page for a specific day. The language is called Pointless: https://ptls.dev/ https://ptls.dev/. It appears to be a scripting language with functional programming ideologies.
      - ColinWright 6y ago
        Cool ... pleased I could help.
hazebooth 6y ago
Were you thinking about Idris 2? (https://www.idris-lang.org/idris-2-version-010-released.html https://www.idris-lang.org/idris-2-version-010-released.html) You should use the algolia HN search, btw (https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com)
- hibikisama 6y ago
  Hi, I did you algolia HN search, but couldn't find it. Sadly, this is not the language I'm looking for, but thank you for sharing it

1 points by hibikisama 6y ago

ColinWright 6y ago

Roughly what day, and what search terms have you tried? Can you remember any unusual words? How long was the thread? Was it this one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22851823 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22851823

hibikisama 6y ago
I want to say it was only 4-5 days ago max. I just remember the post had over 100 upvotes and there was a medium amount of discussion about it. I believe the author of the language was in the comments section, but I could be mistaken. Sadly, it was not this language, but thank you for the link
- ColinWright 6y ago
  If it had over 100 votes and was in the last few days you might find it by scanning through here: https://news.ycombinator.com/best https://news.ycombinator.com/best You can also look at the front page from a specific day here: https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2020-04-08 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2020-04-08 Through that I found this item: Clojure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22797858 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22797858 And this: IO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22796409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22796409
  - hibikisama 6y ago
    Thank you so much! I was able to find it by looking at the front page for a specific day. The language is called Pointless: https://ptls.dev/ https://ptls.dev/. It appears to be a scripting language with functional programming ideologies.
    - ColinWright 6y ago
      Cool ... pleased I could help.

hazebooth 6y ago

Were you thinking about Idris 2? (https://www.idris-lang.org/idris-2-version-010-released.html https://www.idris-lang.org/idris-2-version-010-released.html) You should use the algolia HN search, btw (https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com)

hibikisama 6y ago
Hi, I did you algolia HN search, but couldn't find it. Sadly, this is not the language I'm looking for, but thank you for sharing it