On: Show HN: A Wiki written in 80 lines of JavaScript

[axod]

Hate to nitpick, but blatant linkbait headline. It's not 80 lines of JavaScript. It's 80 lines of javascript + thousands more lines of JavaScript in the form of libraries.

[mckoss → axod]

Point taken. Some of the libraries are like the air we breath (e.g., jQuery) - I even forgot to mention it on the link page.

My point was with 80 lines of "purpose built" code - you can create a functioning wiki. But we do stand on the shoulders of giants - I hope I gave proper attribution.

[wccrawford → axod]

Yup, same as any language that has libraries. It's not that surprising.

The point is that you can create similar feats with a similarly small amount of code.

[moe → axod]

+ thousands more lines of JavaScript in the form of libraries.

And let's not forget the millions of lines for the browser and the underlying operating system!

[axod → moe]

My point, is that "80 lines of javascript" is technically incorrect.

There's no point to mention how many lines of code it is, unless it's actually true.