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SHOW HN2021
96points
16comments
#550of 2,533 in 2021
Top 22%of 2021 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 +0.07.
Docs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear, concise naming and readable code
From 2 comments
I just want to chime in and say thanks for writing everything in a very clear and descriptive, yet concise style with regard to naming. That is something that I value a lot when…
0des on HNagreed! more often than not even interesting and well structured golang projects end up with i, j, k, m, f, mx, gh, and so forth variable names. I thought we had gotten over this…
ABS on HN
Objections
Written in a garbage-collected language unlike the C original, and not truly tiny
From 1 comment
> written in a garbage-collected language where the original implementation is written in C > ‘tiny’
pwdisswordfish8 on HN
Language choice debate: C++ suggested as better for foundational tech
From 2 comments
I actually think C++ would be a great implementation language for such a foundational technology. I'm sure this is appreciated by Go teams though.
pharmakom on HNC++ is actually a very bad choice for "foundational" technology, as it is quite difficult for other languages to link against C++ libraries. Plain C, or any language which out of…
_ph_ on HN
Requests
Add a permissive license
From 1 comment
Very nice! You should attach a (liberal) licence to your code, so others could use it.
_ph_ on HN
Support cloning from a remote
From 1 comment
I like the idea - but does it support cloning from a remote? Or is the designed use-case to act on existing local repos
moondev on HN
Questions
Can it be compiled with just cc without installing Go
From 1 comment
Is there a way to somehow compile this with just cc, without installing go first? (On a machine with no admin rights, and no git, but cc is available.)
forgotmypw17 on HN