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Erik Svedäng
Personal blog · eriksvedang.comprogrammingsystems
Erik Svedäng's personal blog at eriksvedang.com covers programming and systems. Since 2009, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Carp lang: statically typed Lisp, no GC”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link eriksvedang.com for its project pages, including the Carp non-GC Lisp language and the Blueberry Garden game. The comments are about those projects rather than the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Carp lang: statically typed Lisp, no GC4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-11-30
What Hacker News says?
Any news on the front of non-GC LISPs? Carp [0] seems to be dormant... [0] https://www.eriksvedang.com/carp Edit: It is indeed dormant[1]. [1] https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp/issues/1460#issuecomment-2...
Comment linking /carp
on “Make a game with Hoot for the Lisp Game Jam”Submitted Carp lang: statically typed Lisp, no GC as a story · 14 points
HN discussionI haven't actually played it, but "blueberry garden" looks pretty sweet from the trailer and won top prize at the independent games festival. http://eriksvedang.com/blueberrygarden/
Comment linking /blueberrygarden/
on “Ask HN: what indie computer game to buy as gifts?”Submitted Carp as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI’ve seen this done with C as well. https://www.eriksvedang.com/carp https://github.com/tomhrr/dale
Comment linking /carp
on “Rust but Lisp”Submitted On features and tiny computers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source « ErikSvedang.com as a story · 1 points
HN discussion