PowerBasilisk
Languages and libraries
compiler
SHOW HN2026
3points
5comments
#4,016of 4,366 in 2026
Top 92%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Thanks for sharing the project
From 1 comment
Was going to post this and saw you had already submitted it. Great stuff, thanks for sharing, looking forward to WSR as Mac native or linux/Steam And: Thanks Cinven! /s
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Objections
Project website was unreachable for some users
From 2 comments
I got: This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://benjaminward.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_ADDRESS_INVALID
Computer0 on HNWeird to me too, I can access the site from my VPS, and my home PC, but other networks I frequent it is inaccessible.
Computer0 on HN
Requests
Wall Street Raider as Mac native or Linux/Steam
From 1 comment
Was going to post this and saw you had already submitted it. Great stuff, thanks for sharing, looking forward to WSR as Mac native or linux/Steam And: Thanks Cinven! /s
sogen on HN
Alternatives named
Original PowerBASIC compiler (PBWin.exe)
From 1 comment
In my last post about Wall Street Raider, I was asked a lot about why I hadn't tried to use AI to port the game to another programming language. The truth is that the original…
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