Lambdaway
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Lambdaway
I am working on this project, http://epsilonwiki.free.fr/lambdaway/, and would be happy to get your opinion…
news.ycombinator.com#lambdatalk#lisp dialect#javascript#web markup#s-expressions
How HN took it
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Docs: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea is brilliant and worth showing more people
From 1 comment
This is brilliant by the way. Definitely show it to more people and get feedback, it is so outside of the norm that it will take time for the idea to spread.
sitkack on HN
Objections
Post does not explain the project itself; home page needs a short description
From 3 comments
Please next time explain the thing being shown in the post itself. ``` Welcome in the {lambda way} project, a workshop built as a thin overlay on top of any modern web browser,…
sitkack on HNI suggest the home page explains what lambdaway is for in a nutshell. Digging around it looks like some kind of math markup for the web?
eli36 on HNYou might want to edit and add a short description that people can read without clicking the link. Alternatively, "SHOW HN" is usually a direct link to your project.
Kinnard on HN
Lisp-like syntax with strings by default and braces instead of parentheses may be unusual
Requests
Explain the project in the post and on the home page
From 2 comments
Please next time explain the thing being shown in the post itself. ``` Welcome in the {lambda way} project, a workshop built as a thin overlay on top of any modern web browser,…
sitkack on HNI suggest the home page explains what lambdaway is for in a nutshell. Digging around it looks like some kind of math markup for the web?
eli36 on HN
Questions
Why use braces instead of parentheses
From 1 comment
It's cool. Why using the braces rather than ()?
d0m on HN
Is it math markup for the web
From 1 comment
I suggest the home page explains what lambdaway is for in a nutshell. Digging around it looks like some kind of math markup for the web?
eli36 on HN