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Genuine question, how does a project, where every example returns a 404 and the source code is not available anymore, can reach the frontpage of HN? It's quite
by linkdd 4y ago
Genuine question, how does a project, where every example returns a 404 and the source code is not available anymore, can reach the frontpage of HN?
It's quite frustrating when most of my submissions die without ever reaching the frontpage. Am I so out of touch with the HN community?
- brundolf 4y agoSometimes people just like a curiosity. From a glance this seems like a curiosity (it's also dated 2013, so that might explain the 404s)
- kryptiskt 4y agoThis is a very interesting programming language concept that I didn't know of before. Highlighting the kind of work that risks getting lost as time goes by is where HN is at it's most valuable. I'd take this over 99% of the other stuff that reaches the front page, 404s be damned. It's a feature and not a bug that not everything is about the thought leaders of the day and the news cycle hysteria.
- protomyth 4y agoBecause it's an interesting concept for a computer language, and the HN community can reliably be counted on to find other sources to dive into. HN has been known to deep dive on software archeology.