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> Why? It wasn't written in rust.

• that_guy_iain 3y ago
  That they didn't start original development in Rust is beyond me /s
  • vocram 3y ago
    Somebody is going to do a rewrite in Rust and call it “simply”
• mikkom 3y ago
  Erlang you mean?
  • deleted 3y ago
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  • Aachen 3y ago
    A common typo. The keys are like right next to each other. Which I suppose is a reference to another website that is down. Bash.org still hasn't resurfaced :(
• thatwasunusual 3y ago
  Also, it's not serverless. /s
  • WJW 3y ago
    It was for a little bit though. That is why this thread is here!
• edanm 3y ago
  HN is actually one of the only (or the only?) websites that is written in an entirely new programming language. Just wanted to mention that.
  • acyou 3y ago
    Bel?
    • edanm 3y ago
      Arc, iirc.
      • dang 3y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23483715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23483715
        • edanm 3y ago
          Are you doing the actual arc maintenance of HN? From your comment in that thread it seems like you do that + the moderation (how you have the time, I have no idea). Do you come from a background of Lisps? I just learned my first lisp (Clojure) this past year.
          • dang 3y ago
            Yes, I work on the code when I have time, and you are right—there is never enough of it. My original background in programming wasn't in Lisp, but when I read pg's essays about Lisp, I decided to learn it, and since then I...switched over.
            • edanm 3y ago
              Interesting. I've wanted to learn a Lisp since reading his essays almost 15 years ago, but never had a chance until this year. Unfortunately it wasn't the best circumstances to learn Clojure - I was taking ownership of a codebase that had lost all its developers, and was fairly complicated. I wonder whether I should try to learn Arc for fun sometime.
              • dang 3y ago