Ask HN: What source code is worth studying? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#11

Post by known » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:23 PM UTC

http://httpd.apache.org and http://jboss.org and http://lxr.linux.no

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#12

Post by kyenneti » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:33 PM UTC

Any recommendations for php? I wrote a php/mysql web application for SaaS customers. I am looking at ways to improve performance/cache/error handling or simply write a better code.

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#13

Post by mmc » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:33 PM UTC

For systems programming, I've learned a lot from reading the source for open solaris: http://src.opensolaris.org/source/

And the LLVM compiler is far more understandable than gcc sources: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#14

Post by mahmud » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:35 PM UTC

Your compiler's source code. That should shake your confidence in the world.

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#15

Post by yan » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:38 PM UTC

mmc wrote: post #13

For systems programming, I've learned a lot from reading the source for open solaris: http://src.opensolaris.org/source/ And the LLVM compiler is far more understandable than gcc sources: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/

I agree with this, and along the same thought, OpenBSD (or any BSDs really, but OpenBSD tends to favor simpler implementations) source is very clear and concise.

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#16

Post by nixme » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:40 PM UTC

I haven't perused it myself, but every time I see this question posed, someone always mentions Lua: http://www.lua.org/ftp/

Similar previous discussions:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=225577

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/26dyh/ask_reddi...

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#17

Post by amichail » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:40 PM UTC

TeXmacs

http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/sources.en.html

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#18

Post by wallflower » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:55 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#19

Post by eru » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:55 PM UTC

kyenneti wrote: post #12

Any recommendations for php? I wrote a php/mysql web application for SaaS customers. I am looking at ways to improve performance/cache/error handling or simply write a better code.

Perhaps MediaWiki?

Re: Ask HN: What source code is worth studying?

#20

Post by davidw » Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 3:55 PM UTC

yan wrote: post #15

mmc wrote: post #13

For systems programming, I've learned a lot from reading the source for open solaris: http://src.opensolaris.org/source/ And the LLVM compiler is far more understandable than gcc sources: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/

I agree with this, and along the same thought, OpenBSD (or any BSDs really, but OpenBSD tends to favor simpler implementations) source is very clear and concise.

Minix, not being as 'real world' as the BSD's or Linux, is even more readable, if you're just interested in a quick glance at how an OS works.