Modserver
Infrastructure
http application server
SHOW HN2016
8points
7comments
#1,991of 2,264 in 2016
Top 88%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Execution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Support for Nim language noted as welcome
From 1 comment
Nice to see Nim in the list!
eeZah7Ux on HN
Objections
Language support is only FFI bindings, not true support
From 2 comments
“Supporting language X” isn't the same as “can be called from language X if you manually use the FFI”. At the very least, the bindings should come out of the box.
catnaroek on HN> FFI bindings have to come first. Of course. But FFI bindings alone don't count as “support”. > More idiomatic wrappers can be written later Then “support for <language X>” is…
catnaroek on HN
Requests
Idiomatic wrappers for languages beyond FFI bindings
From 2 comments
Bindings are included: https://github.com/ers35/modserver/tree/master/src/api The Python module does not require one to use an FFI:…
ers35 on HN> FFI bindings have to come first. Of course. But FFI bindings alone don't count as “support”. > More idiomatic wrappers can be written later Then “support for <language X>” is…
catnaroek on HN
Questions
Does it support a TCP language?
From 1 comment
> [...] supported languages: [...] CGI, [...] Does it support TCP language?
dozzie on HN