> when it seems there are no other frontpage stories remotely related to Django, Reddit, or Lisp
That may be true about Django, but not the other two.
Reddit being a YC-backed company, it always has been a hot topic here on HN. Maybe less now than a few years back but the same HNers are still here.
And as for Lisp, it has always been a hot topic on HN too. Many people know HN via PG who they discovered for his Lisp writings. HN is itself written in a Lisp dialect. And Lisp related stories appear monthly on the frontpage, maybe weekly if we take all Scheme and Emacs related links into account. Just take a look at the search results for the past week with any Lisp related keyword.
I upvoted just because it's a neat, historical document that I missed the first time around. I have no particular stake in Lisp or Python.
Yep, I knew that Reddit was originally written in Lisp and made the change to Python at some point. It is neat to learn exactly why and how.
Re:Rewriting Reddit (2005)
by general_failure on Monday October 27, 2014 @08:25PM
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What did you learn? That lisp is not maintainable? The article just glosses over the details.
A combination of an interesting essay that most haven't read, and the fact that it makes us remember Aaron Schwartz
Until I saw this I didn't even click that it was him.
Wow.
Re:Rewriting Reddit (2005)
by PublicEnemy111 on Monday October 27, 2014 @03:42PM
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"was this posted in response to some recent drama in the Django community"
What drama?
Re:Rewriting Reddit (2005)
by PublicEnemy111 on Monday October 27, 2014 @10:13PM
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Why the downvote? My question was sincere. I have kept up with the framework, but not the community
I'm just wondering why it seems this story is quickly getting upvoted on the front page of HN, when it seems there are no other frontpage stories remotely related to Django, Reddit, or Lisp?