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> Web "development" was never a thing for the greybeards Hacker News is written in some Lisp, and I spend more time here than on any bloated SPA. Reddit with
by danuker 4y ago
> Web "development" was never a thing for the greybeards
Hacker News is written in some Lisp, and I spend more time here than on any bloated SPA.
Reddit with the old UI is a close second.
- sevazhidkov 4y agoI believe Hacker News’s backend is written on a Lisp (or, more precisely, Arc). In this context, JavaScript, Python and C are being debated for a role of client-side language handling DOM events. Also, C and Lisp are different breeds. It’s wrong to put them in one bucket of “greybeard” languages. Some Lisps gained traction in the front end space (see ClojureScript).
- Zababa 4y agoHacker News does have a bit of frontend, written in JavaScript. You can see some here https://news.ycombinator.com/hn.js https://news.ycombinator.com/hn.js, I'm unaware if it's everything or just a part.