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31 sourcesPull requests to update this welcome: https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/main/concepts/haskell.sc...
In Where are programming languages created? A zoomable mapIf the OP wanted a larger dataset, here's a list of 5,016: https://pldb.io/lists/explorer.html
Also available as csv/tsv/json: https://pldb.io/pldb.csv
Source: https://github.com/breck7/pldb
In Computer Languages Timeline [pdf] (2022)> How do you define single creator?
The creators define how many creators there were.
It's all open source and anyone can fix any mistakes by updating one line (for example, here's the creators entry for Python: https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/b8ae74253733e4aa0fb57d26...).
We generally don't have any disputes but there's the occasional error and always open to pull requests to fix those.
But you do bring up a good point about contributors/maintainers. Adding that data is definitely on the priority list, but might be a 2025/2026 thing.
In Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas?> if you follow one or more internal links, the back button loops
This should not happen.
Any chance you could record a Loom (or other screencast tool), showing me what you mean?
That way I can add a fix to our open source, public domain database of languages (https://github.com/breck7/pldb), which I thought could really help the OP, who is building a new language.
In HMPL – template language for displaying UI from server to clientFor me, repro steps are:
1. Vist the page on Firefox Nightly for Android
2. Attempt to use the back gesture to go back
3. Observe you cannot go back
Workaround is to swipe back furiously, presumably before the page is able to add additional locations to browser history.
Without actually pulling this code or doing any debugging, I believe the issue is this line here, at some point during the initial page load you are setting `location.hash` (watching the actual URL I can see that it happens) which adds a navigation event to your history and interferes with the back button.
https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/ae07a2e4dfcc15bf8c16c4ca...
In New Programming Languages of 2024> Almost unusuable!
Almost?! Wow! I'll take that as a compliment. I just assumed it was completely unusable on an untested platform like that ;).
I do have deep affection for Mozilla, and do test on Firefox on MacOSx.
Again, very sorry for the experience, and if you'd like to get involved helping make it work great on Android for Firefox, source code is:
https://github.com/breck7/pldb
Or we'd gladly accept any grants to prioritize that kind of work!
In New Programming Languages of 2024> and boy what a terrible experience...
Obviously this is the opposite of what I'm trying to create.
I actually design the site for it to work 100% offline. You can download it to your computer. Some pages, such as this advanced explorer, are designed really with desktop in mind, and mobile is an afterthought. I gave my smart phone up 2 years ago, and that made my life a lot better, and I won't be going back. However, I do test on a low powered burner phone, and try to make sure the site works, but this explorer page is more advanced, and is literally doing clientside search and transforms on the entire database with no server calls. So it's just something better used on a computer.
Unfortunately time and resources are limited (the site has no business model yet, but perhaps if the WWS catches on we'll have funds to bring on more people..
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.or maybe someone has a great idea for grants we could win or other business models?) .
If anyone wants to volunteer time to make this run better on mobile phones, I'd love to help unblock you! Source code is:
https://github.com/breck7/pldb
Can you please provide repro steps? Whatever is happening I am happy to fix.
Also, the source code is 100% open source and pull requests are encouraged: https://github.com/breck7/pldb
In New Programming Languages of 2024Can you explain what you mean? It's definitely not intentional, and should be easy to fix.
The source code is 100% open source and pull requests are encouraged: https://github.com/breck7/pldb
In New Programming Languages of 2024Ah, got it! Yeah the keyboard nav should not be on that page. Just removed it (should be live in a minute or two).
Thank you!
https://github.com/breck7/pldb/commit/111b2c061df080d042297f...
In New Programming Languages of 2024> Why does this site list CUDA as a programming language?
Our original taxonomy was pretty weak due to tooling. Much better now (switched away from "type" to "tags"), but still work to be cleaning up the old categorizations.
Here is the source code for our CUDA page: https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/main/concepts/cuda.scrol...
It is my understanding that CUDA extends the c/c++ langs though, right? It's not simply a library? My own knowledge of CUDA is a little weak (so pull requests welcome!)
> I suppose this evolved beyond the PLDB naming.
Yup! It turned out to be quite hard to tell the story of programming languages without including other concepts from the ecosytem. But the focus is on languages. The schema and language underneath (ScrollSets) evolved so it's simple for us to extend beyond the core and include things 1 degree of se
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paration out. This Explorer is new and the first step toward making it easier for people to include/exclude the set of things they are interested in.
Sorry!
This page is new. The source is below:
https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/main/code/browser/explor...
Can you explain what you are doing and what you expect? I can get a fix out.
In New Programming Languages of 2024Great questions.
For the $100, you get the rights for 10 years to update some lines in the `wws.scroll` file (which is actually currently named `readme.scroll`).
Think of that file like our DNS root zone file.
That's it. We don't provide hosting of your content, just the listing.
(Well, we do provide free hosting here: http://hub.scroll.pub/, but that's still quite beta)
So it's similar to buying a domain name. (It is slightly different in that if you buy a folder and want to later rename it, you can, unlike domain names, where you'd have to buy another domain).
Here is an example entry:
id pldb
www https://pldb.io
source https://github.com/breck7/pldb
snippets blog/All
owner Breck Yunits
email breck7@gmail.com
registered 6/12/2024
expires 6/12/2034
rep Breck Yunits
transactionId pm_1PQxCOJktJxKl0r
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Once you make a purchase, a "Rep" will reach out to you (currently I am the only rep), to get the meta data you want to add. Or you could add it via pull request (https://github.com/breck7/wws/blob/main/readme.scroll). In the future, we will have more "Reps", who will get ~50% of the $100, and be responsible for helping onboard users, approving meta data updates, and ensuring folders comply with the guidelines (https://wws.scroll.pub/gettingStarted.html).
When your site is part of the WWS, users of the wws can "subscribe" to your site by simply typing "wws fetch [yourFolderName]". That will download the latest compiled version of your site over git. When the user types "wws fetch", it updates all of the sites they subscribe to.
So the idea is by adding your site to the WWS, you help contribute to our mission of providing every human with their own copy of humanity's best information, and you give your readers the best possible reading experience.
This is a great question and an awesome list.
I started an open source scrollset compiling the list here: https://pldb.io/lists/podcasts.html (source: https://github.com/breck7/pldb/blob/main/lists/podcasts.scro...)
In Ask HN: Which programming podcasts do you listen to?Showing the 15 most recent of 31 sources. Enable JavaScript to search and browse every indexed mention.