Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea? • Hacker News Board

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by blats » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 5:21 PM UTC

dmitry wrote: post #15

C# and .NET framework, because my project is a distributed multi layered app. Plus I know it too well to use sometings else

Stating your chosen platform, and then feeling the need to defend it (twice) in the same sentance.. not a good sign.

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by boris » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 5:47 PM UTC

C++ I need to support embedded systems, servers and everything in between.

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by mukund » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 5:50 PM UTC

Ruby on rails + Postgres

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by richcollins » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 6:26 PM UTC

drop19 wrote: post #7

Seaside (because I want to implement some heavy desktop-like capabilities)

How does seaside help with that? Do you code all of the client logic in Smalltalk instead of Javascript?

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by gibsonf1 » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 6:51 PM UTC

cridal wrote: post #30

chris_l wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

me, straight Common Lisp (SBCL)

Do you guys use a web framework, like kpax, or straight CL?

We use Allegro Serve's webactions, though we've customized (bypassed) it to the point where we now only use their session feature.

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by ido » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 6:56 PM UTC

phony_identity wrote: post #29

PLT Scheme + PLT Scheme web server + flat files (actually serialized s-expressions on disk. Which aren't very flat.)

Why not use a database?

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by meyouall » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 6:59 PM UTC

PHP

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by papersmith » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 7:04 PM UTC

Started out with Ruby on Rails, changed to Python (pylons) + mako + toscawidgets + postgres for more flexibility. Considering giving Common Lisp (Uncommon Web) a try, but the documentation scared the heck out of me.

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by theoutlander » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 7:19 PM UTC

dmitry wrote: post #15

C# and .NET framework, because my project is a distributed multi layered app. Plus I know it too well to use sometings else

I like .NET Framework..... However, be vigilant about perf!

Re: Which Programming Language did you pick for your idea?

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Post by theoutlander » Mon, Apr 09, 2007, 7:20 PM UTC

ias wrote: post #26

Lisp + MySQL

LISP is cool!! I did it 10 years ago.... but keep confusing it with ML and Prolog.... :-|