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I really don't understand how HN works. Why is this post on the first page? I am currently using Haskell, and even for me this post is not very useful (I would

by o1iver 15y ago

I really don't understand how HN works. Why is this post on the first page? I am currently using Haskell, and even for me this post is not very useful (I would search for a some kind of network stack lib when I need it)...

exDM69 15y ago
Because it's an interesting and unconventional project. I admit that a simple Hackage link is not really interesting by itself, but together with a nice blog post, this would have made a really interesting read. I wonder does HaNS support my head and neck too.
- o1iver 15y ago
  I agree about it being different if there was a blog post describing it...
nvictor 15y ago
here's the deal: you will remember having seen a network stack somewhere because of this post. the day you will need one, you will know where to start looking (or even if you forget the name, you will be able to describe it). it happened to me so many times. an article, a module, a piece of code. i would go back and search reddit and HN for posts.
- o1iver 15y ago
  So you search HN instead of: http://www.google.com/search?q=haskell+network+stack http://www.google.com/search?q=haskell+network+stack (both first and second result are about HaNS, the second being the page this post links to)
  - thesz 15y ago
    Hacker News often contains interesting bits about and around. Sometimes I search HN for front page items because I remember that discussion about them contains interesting opinions and links. I cannot find them directly because do not remember what are they.
rincewind 15y ago
imagine the possibilities... * a network stack in haskell might be easier to verify and less prone to stuff like teardrop attacks than one in C * port/vulnerability scanners in haskell * new routing algorithms like B.A.T.M.A.N. in haskell
malkia 15y ago
I think this is exactly the stuff that needs to be posted. I've seen dozen startups that their whole business is to support language or platform - clojure, sbcl, scala, lua, etc.

by o1iver 15y ago

exDM69 15y ago

Because it's an interesting and unconventional project. I admit that a simple Hackage link is not really interesting by itself, but together with a nice blog post, this would have made a really interesting read. I wonder does HaNS support my head and neck too.

o1iver 15y ago
I agree about it being different if there was a blog post describing it...

nvictor 15y ago

here's the deal: you will remember having seen a network stack somewhere because of this post. the day you will need one, you will know where to start looking (or even if you forget the name, you will be able to describe it). it happened to me so many times. an article, a module, a piece of code. i would go back and search reddit and HN for posts.

o1iver 15y ago
So you search HN instead of: http://www.google.com/search?q=haskell+network+stack http://www.google.com/search?q=haskell+network+stack (both first and second result are about HaNS, the second being the page this post links to)
- thesz 15y ago
  Hacker News often contains interesting bits about and around. Sometimes I search HN for front page items because I remember that discussion about them contains interesting opinions and links. I cannot find them directly because do not remember what are they.

rincewind 15y ago

imagine the possibilities... * a network stack in haskell might be easier to verify and less prone to stuff like teardrop attacks than one in C * port/vulnerability scanners in haskell * new routing algorithms like B.A.T.M.A.N. in haskell

malkia 15y ago

I think this is exactly the stuff that needs to be posted. I've seen dozen startups that their whole business is to support language or platform - clojure, sbcl, scala, lua, etc.