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I would wager that it has more to do with the fact that it's served by a single one-core server: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548439 https://news.ycom
by imiric 3y ago
I would wager that it has more to do with the fact that it's served by a single one-core server: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39548439
If anything, that showcases that the software stack is quite capable, however old and hacky it may be.
And I suppose that HN is not too high up on the list of priorities for YC :) It works most of the time, and dang can put out any fires...
- thunky 3y agoIf it can't run on multiple cores, and a single core isn't enough to run it well, then I would say that the software stack is not quite capable.
- diggan 3y agoRacket, the language Arc is built on top of, can handle concurrency and parallelism, so it is possible. If someone has time/energy, that I don't know. However, Arc was initially written in sometime early in 2000s. I don't think dual-core processors became more common at home until later...