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Jonathan Blow on scripting languages
Jeru Sanders · 1 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2020–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 4 other commentary videos tagged Programming language design, the mean is 4.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2020–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 9 minutes 30 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2019-06-02.
- Channel / speaker
- Jeru Sanders
- Verified runtime
- 9m 30s
- YouTube upload date
- 2019-06-02
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other commentary videos in Programming language design. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Blow on scripting languagesCurrent video | 1 | 2 | 50% | — | 9m 30s | 2019-06-02 |
| Object-Oriented Programming is Badcommentary · Brian Will | 13 | 9 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 44m 35s | 2016-01-18 |
| Rant: Entity systems and the Rust borrow checker ... or something.commentary · Jonathan Blow | 3 | 3 | 20% | No recorded overlap | 61m 51s | 2018-09-14 |
| Racket: Why I Think It’s a Great Language, and Why I’m Not Using It Anymorecommentary · Leandro Facchinetti | 0 | 0 | 0% | No recorded overlap | 8m 45s | 2021-01-03 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Scripting-language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL”. Its short rationale: Talk on redundancy of scripting languages in game engines.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Lua, a Misunderstood Language (2021)”. Its short rationale: Blow explains why embeddable interpreters are redundant.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years (2020)”. Its short rationale: Blow argues against game engines needing scripting.