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gprasant
on Oct 27, 2014
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Rewriting Reddit (2005)
They say hell hath no fury like a lisp fan scorned. I wonder if they hadn't been acquired, would they have still used Lisp ?
keysersosa
on Oct 27, 2014
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We switched to python about 4 months into the startup and a full year before getting acquired.
raldi
on Oct 27, 2014
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And some people still haven't forgiven you.
zoomerang
on Oct 28, 2014
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I can remember this switch back in the day, but for some reason my memory has failed me. I could have sworn the original was in Haskell, not Lisp.
Selective memory I guess.
bensw
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This blog post refers to a rewrite that happened before the Condé Nast acquisition.
alexis
on Oct 28, 2014
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Great post on that when Steve made the switch.
http://www.redditblog.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html
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