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SHOW HN2015

79points
8comments
#337of 2,565 in 2015
Top 14%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

2 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.

Design: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Pretty printing of Python objects

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I really like how it pretty prints python objects. I wish it was a bit more "repl"-y, but the quick auto-evaluation helps make up for that. I currently use…
      colonelxc on HN
  • Clean, minimal text editor interface

    From 1 comment
    • The interface of the text editor is beautiful, and it's done using a surprisingly minimal amount of CSS.
      vortico on HN

Objections

  • Brainfuck interpreter produced no output in a test program

    From 1 comment
    • The BrainFuck interpreter doesn't seem to work properly. For example, I tried ``` ++++++++++[->+++++++<]. ``` Which multiplies 10x7 and should print "F" (ascii 70). Nothing…
      RodgerTheGreat on HN
  • Code re-evaluates fully on every change

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, source code is re-evaluating for every change now. It may be improved in the future.
      fatiherikli on HN

Requests

  • Add Brython support

    From 1 comment
    • Oh, nice ... it might be worth having Brython too, since it and Skulpt both cover different areas of python (and use different methodologies).
      stuaxo on HN
  • More REPL-like behaviour

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I really like how it pretty prints python objects. I wish it was a bit more "repl"-y, but the quick auto-evaluation helps make up for that. I currently use…
      colonelxc on HN

Questions

  • Does it recompute only changed parts or the whole source on each change

    From 1 comment
    • Does it re-evaluate the complete thing at every change? Or is it smarter, and only recomputes things that need recomputation?
      amelius on HN

Alternatives named

  • repl.it

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice. I really like how it pretty prints python objects. I wish it was a bit more "repl"-y, but the quick auto-evaluation helps make up for that. I currently use…
      colonelxc on HN

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