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Nice, I thought I heard someone say at one point that it had been rewritten in rails. I'm much happier knowing this comment is going through Arc.
by jdoliner 6y ago
Nice, I thought I heard someone say at one point that it had been rewritten in rails. I'm much happier knowing this comment is going through Arc.
- dang 6y agoYou had half the story, just the wrong half. HN and YC used to be a single program in Arc (a single thread, even: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231810 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231810). When pg left, the YC side was split off and redone in Rails. In the internal narrative in my head, this is known as "the great lobotomy". I can say that here because almost no one will ever read this and therefore it won't create any scandal, yes? If you know of anyone who would love to program in Arc and would be willing to be publicly impaled daily as an HN moderator, please send them my way. It isn't necessary to already know Arc. It's just necessary to be delighted by the idea and willing to learn.
- jdoliner 6y agoThanks for the clarification! I'll keep eyes out for an Arc dev. I do run across the occasional Arc enthusiast in interviews.