Preliminary release of new Arc version, including latest HN source

by pg • 17 years ago

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TweedHeads• 17 years ago

It would be very interesting to port the same HN source code to different languages to compare how easy to code, refactor, upgrade and maintain it is.

pg3• 17 years ago

It would also be interesting to see how long they turned out to be. News.arc is 1990 LOC.

vegai• 17 years ago

Sounds a bit large. Does that figure include all the support libraries for network & web -- or that you're not using any?

granular3• 17 years ago

Pretty big news for Arc-ers.

Still a pretty spartan distribution. Still no docs dir or even a README, which seems a bit strange.

pg3• 17 years ago

Installation instructions and a tutorial are on http://arclanguage.org.

(The installation instructions currently refer to the last release, because this one isn't official yet. The tutorial seems to be current, though, because nothing that basic changed.)

granular3• 17 years ago

Some files (besides INSTALL and TUTORIAL) you might consider including with the distribution:

* README: what it is and why

* ChangeLog

* LICENSE

* HACKING: instructions for users who might like to contribute to Arc

* FAQ: answers to questions that users keep asking about

* TODO: what you plan on working on next

kylec• 17 years ago

It might also be beneficial to have a file or comment that explains some stuff in news.arc, specifically the admin settings for users and the site that regular users never get to see.

Preliminary release of new Arc version, including latest HN source

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