I suspected the same thing. People found that their favorite popular language was at the bottom of the list, and naturally they're curious about frameworks for the faster languages. Exploration is healthy, but realize C/C++ does not have the friendly, extensive and reliable web developer ecosystem that Ruby/JavaScript/Python/PHP has. If you want an in-between, check out Lua/OpenResty/Lapis.

It looked as if a sort of a snowball effect occurred on the HN "new" page this afternoon. I laughed when I saw the third show up (see comment below).

I personally could never stomach doing web development on C or C++. The C++ source code to the CPoll-cppsp test [1] makes me cringe in fear (no offense, xaxaxa!) But if there are those willing to give it an honest go, I'm not going to criticize them. Caution them, as you have, that it may be a frustrating exercise? Sure.

That said, I think modern Java, Go, Scala, Erlang, Haskell, and Lua are all worth considering.

[1] https://github.com/TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks/blob/mast...

Have you looked at the sample code for Wt? I wouldn't describe it as beautiful, but it's closer to Java than that code.

You're right, that looks quite clean!

Still, C++ is not my particular cup of tea. That doesn't diminish my desire to see Wt and CppCMS added to our benchmark suite, though.

HN snowballs because folk will see links in a popular post and post those links.

I think downvoters should be public, and also require a short contextual explanation for their downvote (< 100 chars; separate metadata from a comment).

This would help curb abusive down-voting. Too many people downvote whimsically simply because they disagree.

The downvote to my comment is case-in-point. Somebody disagreed with what I was saying and downvoted me. I broke no HN policies and my comment was on topic. If they were required to enter a reason as to why they downvoted me, and their name made public, it's highly unlikely they would have downvoted me just because they disagreed.

What are some frameworks for web developing in C? Is KORE also a framework or just a server?

As for the server, I wonder how performance compares to say, OpenResty loading Lua compiled to bytecode.

Hikikomori is a Japanese phenomenon. It can't be an American phenomenon because it describes people living in Japan, influenced by Japanese society. Japan and America are night and day.

Also, people devoted to exercise are probably not recluses (which is what Hikikomori are), but they may be introverts. Reclusion != introversion.

I feel like I have those exact pains, but I'm not sure about racing flats.. I usually run 5+ miles (not racing) and flats are more for shorter distances (and racing).

What shoes do you wear for marathon training?

p.s. Are those exact flats still purchasable anywhere? Can't find them online (size 11').

I wore the racing flats for all road runs, including marathons, for years. Now I wear NB Minimus for both roads and trails. But the principle is the same. It's flat, flexible, light shoe.

The racing flats I mentioned are designed for racing, definitely. But the idea is that you wear them for all road runs, fast or slow, as a means to changing your running form.

You can probably get Wave Universe on Amazon.

Thanks, I'll take a look at the NB Minimus this weekend from my local runner's shop. It looks like Vibram 5 fingers minus the toes.