Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone • Hacker News Board

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by stcredzero » Thu, May 29, 2008, 6:27 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #2

Erlang. The Ron Paul of programming languages.

The difference is that you can't benchmark Ron Paul, George Bush, Barack Obama, and John McCain. (You can look at voting records.)

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by yariv » Thu, May 29, 2008, 6:31 AM UTC

nickb wrote: post #5

Why use a database at all?

Mostly for convenience. ErlyDB makes working with databases very easy. I didn't see a compelling reason to use any alternatives.

Although I use MySQL, I haven't used any relational features. The app doesn't do any joins.

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Thu, May 29, 2008, 8:07 AM UTC

very very cool.

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by davidw » Thu, May 29, 2008, 8:42 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #2

Erlang. The Ron Paul of programming languages.

I thought that was Forth.

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by dmpayton » Thu, May 29, 2008, 9:15 AM UTC

Looks really nice.

Coincidentally, I've been working on something extremely similar the past week, though my project has a twist that I think Twitterers are going to enjoy. I'm going out of town for a few days, but hopefully I'll be able to release early next week. And it's in Django.

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by Andys » Thu, May 29, 2008, 11:42 AM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #11

tptacek wrote: post #2

Erlang. The Ron Paul of programming languages.

The difference is that you can't benchmark Ron Paul, George Bush, Barack Obama, and John McCain. (You can look at voting records.)

If comparing languages was all about benchmarking, wouldn't we all be just using assembler?

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by Andys » Thu, May 29, 2008, 11:42 AM UTC

yariv wrote: post #12

nickb wrote: post #5

Why use a database at all?

Mostly for convenience. ErlyDB makes working with databases very easy. I didn't see a compelling reason to use any alternatives. Although I use MySQL, I haven't used any relational features. The app doesn't do any joins.

Does it use transactions?

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by josefresco » Thu, May 29, 2008, 12:34 PM UTC

hm, not working for me, I hit "Send" and nothing ....

Maybe this means the start of blog postings like "Why is Twoorl Down?!?!" and "How to Fix Twoorl's Send Problem"

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by dant » Thu, May 29, 2008, 1:11 PM UTC

I wonder if slashdot has got a form for this sort of thing yet ;)

Your twitter architecture will fail due to:

  ( ) Database replication issues
  ( ) Inability to prevent spam
  (x) Immaturity of the libraries in your chosen language
  ...

Re: Announcing Twoorl: an open source ErlyWeb-based Twitter clone

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Post by icey » Thu, May 29, 2008, 2:19 PM UTC

anonym wrote: post #6

tptacek wrote: post #2

Erlang. The Ron Paul of programming languages.

What's Common Lisp? I'm thinking either Barry Goldwater or Eugene McCarthy, kind of a toss-up.

Let's think about it:

* Was huge in the 80s

* Had a big downturn in the 90s

* Everyone speaks fondly of it today but doesn't really want to go that way?

It's gotta be Reagan.