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by sam_lowry_ 322 days ago
He was some 20..10 years ago a proponent of succint code and even authored the Arc language which is used to run HN.
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rchaud 322 days ago
Is HN any more sophisticated than a PHPbb forum? The value is in the community and moderation, not the back end.
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ASalazarMX 321 days ago
Given that is has soldiered on almost two decades as a single-server system, I'd give a bit more credit to the back end.
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