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Greetings /prog/,

2012 has started, and I'm pleased to see such enthusiasm with regards to our resolutions. I especially enjoyed reading about how much of /prog/ wants to come together to collaborate on a bigger project. Without an epic idea to start with, one can only achieve mediocrity (at best). So let us dream big.

But also, let's make sure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. The last time we tried something like that it was called Anonix, and this project died a slow death. As /prog/'s official community manager, it is my job to ensure we do not go down that route again. Since some of you are new here, I will attempt to briefly summarize what went wrong with Anonix:

* unrealistic objectives
* limited usefulness
* no fun factor
* last but certainly not least: no repository

As you can see none of these problems are fundamentally unsolvable. And in fact, most have already been solved since we're not writing an OS. ITT we try to tackle the last one.

What /prog/ needs first, IMO, is a communal repository. A place where we can share all of our /prog/ scrapers, userscripts, games, challenges etc... I'm sure there are people here who have server space to make this a possibility, and I'm sure there are other people here who have the technical know-how to make this a reality. I am calling on those people to step forward and get in contact with each other.

United as One,
Divided by Zero,
for /prog/ !

>>28
I propose Scala or Perl6 for the server side stuff. As long as the language supports traits/roles,

No! Bad! You don't need roles so badly to make it your one language requirement, especially since you can gain the equivalent (though perhaps not as nicely) with any prototype-OO language: nodejs, Lua, Io.

I'm not saying these languages are bad in general, but your criterion is scary. Based on my experience, if you put Perl 6 into production you'll probably have a better time of it with Niecza than Rakudo for performance reasons. (Also stability, Rakudo development is more willing to regress—which is why there hasn't been a distribution release in ages.)

Disclosure: I've no intention of contributing to this project.