Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI wonder if array languages will find wider popularity some day with a bit more verbose notation. Take “Array Indexing” (#29): {(,⍺)[(⊂⍴⍺)⊥¨⊃∘.,/⍵]} Or “Inverted Table Index-Of” (#31): (⍉↑x⍳¨x) ⍳ (⍉↑x⍳¨y) These could be written: {(reshape lhs)[(enclose shape lhs) polynomial each disclose outer product reshape reduce rhs]} (transpose take x index each x) index (transpose take x index each y) Same terms, just with searchable words instead of symbols. (Don’t mind the specific words—I’m not much of an APL user!) It…
I wish the "Iverson bracket" (number 0 in this list) had caught on in a bigger way. It can really simplify writing conditional expressions, as opposed to e.g. a case expression.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 364
- Total comments
- 116
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-03 | A History of APL in 50 Functions | zengid | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-04-29 | A History of APL in 50 FunctionsFirst breakout · Best thread | jim-jim-jim | 250 | 93 |
| 2019-11-20 | A History of APL in Fifty Functions (2016)Latest 20+ point return | lelf | 109 | 23 |
| 2023-03-27 | A History of APL in 50 Functions | whereistimbo | 3 | 0 |