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That is because each post is a file on disk?
by sitkack 4y ago
That is because each post is a file on disk?
- jedberg 4y agoI don't know how HN is built, but given its history in Arc, my guess is that the data structure that holds comment threads isn't optimized for a ton of branching. Threads with that many comments don't happen very often, so it's probably a low priority fix.