dcpubin
Dev tools
code sharing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for learning the DCPU-16 instruction set
From 2 comments
This is a really cool idea! I could see people using this as a testing ground to learn the instruction set as well. Especially if you can make the "paste your code, share your…
coderdude on HNThe javascript version of the CPU seems to be turning into something really cool. Here a person made a real-time IDE: http://dwilliamson.github.com/
swalsh on HN
Fun to see first assembler programs shared
From 1 comment
Just wrote my first assembler program ever! Thanks, OP. Prints factorial table (2 columns - index and result) in console display. http://dcpubin.com/eshsuZqgq
atamyrat on HN
Objections
Endless loops used as halt spike CPU usage in Chrome
From 1 comment
Worth noting that since there's no "halt" instruction, people often use an endless loop to designate the end of the program. This causes Chrome, at least, to suck up a lot of CPU.
someone13 on HN
Error when running a shared example program
From 1 comment
I'm only getting errors when trying this. ``` Error: Subroutine crash was not defined (address 40) ```
Tyr42 on HN
Requests
Browsable index of snippets
From 1 comment
This is a really cool idea! I could see people using this as a testing ground to learn the instruction set as well. Especially if you can make the "paste your code, share your…
coderdude on HN
Way to flag malware and correct program descriptions
From 1 comment
Very nice idea. Is there any easy way to differentiate between programs that definitely work in 0x10C and programs using hypothetical features? Will there be any way to report…
DanBC on HN
Questions
How to tell programs that work on real 0x10C from hypothetical features
From 1 comment
Very nice idea. Is there any easy way to differentiate between programs that definitely work in 0x10C and programs using hypothetical features? Will there be any way to report…
DanBC on HN
How the site handles malware
From 1 comment
Malware is part of the game, so it's interesting to see how external sites deal with it. Do they go along with the meta game of people trying to spread malware ("it's at your own…
DanBC on HN
Alternatives named
dwilliamson's real-time JavaScript DCPU IDE
From 1 comment
The javascript version of the CPU seems to be turning into something really cool. Here a person made a real-time IDE: http://dwilliamson.github.com/
swalsh on HN
DCPU subreddit, wiki and IRC channel
From 2 comments
There's also a subreddit. http://reddit.com/r/dcpu16
kylemaxwell on HNThis is HN. I'm sure that someone will build some kind of hub site for DCPU-related stuff in short order. Heck, I was toying with the idea myself before most of the weekend…
Natsu on HN