Usable RosettaCode
Learning and science
code examples comparison
SHOW HN2014
22points
6comments
#1,194of 2,272 in 2014
Top 53%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 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
Idea is liked and useful
From 3 comments
It's interesting. I love the idea. Some of code snippets can look larger. Look at the http://rosetta.alhur.es/compare/Java/Python/#Call_a_function for example. Java code has…
v_ignatyev on HNlove the idea, though i'm getting 404ed when I try to compare haskell and coffeescript (osx / opera 26) http://rosetta.alhur.es/compare/Coffeescript/Haskell/#
bsou on HNNice! I made something very similar last year[0] but never really found the time to polish it to my satisfaction. [0] http://www.rosettaclone.org/
adwhit on HN
Objections
Snippets are unevenly complete across languages (e.g. Java missing class and method definitions)
From 1 comment
It's interesting. I love the idea. Some of code snippets can look larger. Look at the http://rosetta.alhur.es/compare/Java/Python/#Call_a_function for example. Java code has…
v_ignatyev on HN
Some comparison pages return 404 errors
From 1 comment
love the idea, though i'm getting 404ed when I try to compare haskell and coffeescript (osx / opera 26) http://rosetta.alhur.es/compare/Coffeescript/Haskell/#
bsou on HN
Requests
Redirect the compare index page to the home page
From 1 comment
It's interesting. I love the idea. Some of code snippets can look larger. Look at the http://rosetta.alhur.es/compare/Java/Python/#Call_a_function for example. Java code has…
v_ignatyev on HN
Alternatives named
A similar earlier project, rosettaclone.org
From 1 comment
Nice! I made something very similar last year[0] but never really found the time to polish it to my satisfaction. [0] http://www.rosettaclone.org/
adwhit on HN