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luciotato
LiteScript
JavaScript2014–2015
luciotato / LiteScript

LiteScript

Compile-to-js and compile-to-c language, highly readable, keep it simple philosophy

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What it is

Compile-to-js and compile-to-c language, highly readable, keep it simple philosophy

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:17:07 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-03-03 14:51:55 UTC to 2015-02-26 19:10:25 UTC.

02462014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 commentsMar 20142014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 20142014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 2015

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 20142014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC615
Apr 20142014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20142014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jun 20142014-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20142014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20142014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20142014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20142014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20142014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20142014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20152015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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lucio·May 21, 2014
pure JavaScript has too many ways to introduce subtle bugs into large projects, which also become a nightmare to maintain. From a hacker perspective, node.js and js are great. js is a beautiful and extremely powerful lang. From a "business" perspective -even more if your business data better fits a RDB-, IMHO, javascript, node.js+ a LARGE business project are a recipe for disaster. (If you add ORM to the mix, you're doomed). http://blog.codinghorror.com/object-relational-mapping-is-th... I believe a compiler-to-js like Typescript makes using JavaScript+node in a large business project more manageable (disclaimer: I've not tried Typescript, but I've coded my own compile-to-js lang out to frustration with medium-to-large js projects: https://github.com/luciotato/LiteScript ) TL;DR: My two cents: Not a good business case for a business IF a
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classic RDB fits your business data.
In Business Case for JavaScript and Node.js / JXcore

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