Before & After

  • Slash 0.2 Code *
    • Slash was Rob's first perl program :-)
  • Slash 0.9
    • Current code on the site as of January 2000; stable and sturdy, but hard to extend or modify
  • Slash 1.0 *
    • Made reasonable for widespread use, released in March 2000, current codebase running on Slashdot
  • Slash 2.0 *
    • Total rewrite, cleaning up some significant problems in performance and extensibility
  • Slash 2.2
    • Add new features and performance improvements for Slashdot