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With HN being architected the way it is (in LISP) it might be possible for them to implement a different ranking system for a specific thread. I know pg has tal
by JonnieCache 11y ago
With HN being architected the way it is (in LISP) it might be possible for them to implement a different ranking system for a specific thread. I know pg has talked about hacking HN from a repl before.
Probably more effort than YC planned to put in though.
- saganus 11y agoReally? HN is implemented in Lisp? Wow. Never knew that. You have any links that talk anything about this? This sounds interesting.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoHere's a mirror of an old version of the source: https://github.com/wting/hackernews https://github.com/wting/hackernews It's tightly knit to pg's Lisp dialect called Arc which attracted much fanfare years ago, but has since went off the radar.