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xavxav
Personal blog · xav.io/blog · on HN as xavxavprogramminghistory
xavxav is a personal blog at xav.io about programming and history. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post is an update on ПП-BESM, a Soviet language from 1955. One commenter notes the last update was in 2018 and asks how far the project got. No comment judges the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Last update was in 2018. Would love to know how far the guy got https://xav.io/posts/besm-update/
Comment linking /posts/besm-update/
on “ПП-BESM – a Soviet language (1955)”Submitted Visions of the future: formal verification in Rust as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted ПП-BESM – a Soviet language (1955) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Archeology in 2026 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion