Programming Languages, Martials Arts and Computers. The Weblog of Chris Double.
Aaron Swartz writes about the rewrite of reddit in Python. Apparently the Python framework used, web.py, was written by Aaron. What I find most interesting is how quickly reddit was developed - and redeveloped. Only one weekend for the rewrite is pretty impressive. One reason for the fast implementation is because it's the second time they've written it and can... more →
From DrXyzzy, a good article on how code replacement is done in Erlang. Code replacing allows replacing code in a running system with new versions, without having to bring that system down. more →
The reddit blog outlines why they rewrote reddit in Python, from the original Common Lisp. more →
Solution Watch has a review of DabbleDB. It goes into good detail, showing an example 'todo' application being built. The review is very positive. DabbleDB is written using Seaside, a continuation based web framework in Smalltalk. more →
reddit, the popular web application written in Common Lisp, will now have to be known as the web application formally written in Common Lisp. It has been rewritten in Python. more →