Lambda speech
Languages and libraries
esoteric programming language
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How HN took it
0 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting design and theoretical aspects
From 1 comment
This project seems very interesting, yet unfortunately I can’t think of how it could ever be the best solution for a wiki. It’s said on the site that html and coding are often…
WhitneyLand on HN
Objections
Thread is confused about what the project is and how to use it
From 4 comments
Am I the only one who is utterly confused by what I am looking at?
cift on HNNope - no idea
mcjiggerlog on HNYou're not alone
LeonM on HNOn mobile I see no reference to any of those words or help. I also have no idea what's going on.
Waterluvian on HN
Unclear mainstream use case for wiki editing
From 2 comments
This project seems very interesting, yet unfortunately I can’t think of how it could ever be the best solution for a wiki. It’s said on the site that html and coding are often…
WhitneyLand on HNMaybe, the problem is they didn’t define the niche just talked about people who need a higher abstraction. If they did maybe it would be easier to imagine how a particular…
WhitneyLand on HN
Landing page design is poor on desktop and mobile
From 2 comments
some feedback about the landing page: - it looks like a mobile design (text way to big on desktop) - needs more room to breathe - the picture takes up the whole screen (while…
thecatspaw on HNOn my my mobile device I get some imagery (a face and a building) and text all stacked on top of each other, making the text very hard to read. It would be good to have a single…
KineticLensman on HN
Free.fr hosting cannot handle traffic and the site went down
From 2 comments
never submit a free.fr here, it won't be able to handle the traffic
freecodyx on HNfreecodyx is saying that there are high chances that the site will go down due to the amount of traffic coming from this source regardless of its average daily traffic. We've…
anacleto on HN
Requests
Add a clear about page or description of what and why
From 3 comments
I see. Would be nice if there was some kind of about page explaining this
cift on HNOn my my mobile device I get some imagery (a face and a building) and text all stacked on top of each other, making the text very hard to read. It would be good to have a single…
KineticLensman on HNOP if not on website could you please post a short description here.
rohan1024 on HN
Questions
What is the purpose and how is it used
From 2 comments
Am I the only one who is utterly confused by what I am looking at?
cift on HNOP if not on website could you please post a short description here.
rohan1024 on HN
Alternatives named
Lambda Talk and Mocklisp
From 1 comment
Lambda Talk is a language that looks like Lisp, but is based on character string processing. The code is literally the text you see, with the parentheses (braces, actually) and…
kazinator on HN
Lisp in Sed
From 1 comment
Lambda Talk is a language that looks like Lisp, but is based on character string processing. The code is literally the text you see, with the parentheses (braces, actually) and…
kazinator on HN
Alphawiki and Lambdaway
From 2 comments
Probably related to the Lambdaway / Alphawiki projects: http://epsilonwiki.free.fr/alphawiki/
_mhr_ on HNBetter explanations in this last one: http://lambdaway.free.fr/workshop/
martyalain on HN