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HN is built using arc which is really just an abstraction layer built with racket (previously mzscheme).
by whyme 13y ago
HN is built using arc which is really just an abstraction layer built with racket (previously mzscheme).
- 616c 13y agoYes, and I am not sure if this was addressing my comment. I believe the Arc implementation here (despite being a language built with Racket) is run with its own implementation of continuations. I mentioned people complaining because, well, people complain when you get timeouts with your continuation. That is why when you click More at the bottom of the page, you see a URL that looks like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/x?fnid=N5yDJXCzVXXV8kqTp57A7D https://news.ycombinator.com/x?fnid=N5yDJXCzVXXV8kqTp57A7D I believe this is calling into the continuation space. I could be wrong, however. I am just starting my Scheme journey. Nonetheless, sometimes continuations do not work well on HN and I see people mention that. It is different way to handle state (Racket calls their Racket server stateless for this reason). I just wanted to point that, even if people will pass judgement from their experience here, it is a cool concept nonetheless. Also, more experienced people should correct my analysis of HN if I am wrong.