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 orderAlso good as a supplement: * A Tutorial on Pointers and Arrays in C: http://home.netcom.com/%7Etjensen/ptr/pointers.htm * Right-left Rule: http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~cs30x/rt_lt.rule.html (via HN) * More free C stuff: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/bl... (I had to go search through lots of stuff to finally find resources that explain things in a way that I can understand. Once it is explained to me in a certain way, C code suddenly feels a lot less cryptic and I feel a lot less…
This was discussed here a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34946811
How many times has this been posted to HN? And to slashdot before that?
This is on the list of "Stuff that should be avoided" at http://www.iso-9899.info/wiki/Main_Page#Stuff_that_should_be... for being full of errors. But it's also a living document, so I'm not sure why they don't just suggest corrections. Does anyone know what's up with that?
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
- 574
- Total comments
- 124
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-10 | Beej's Guide to C Programming | todd8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015-09-14 | Beej's Guide to C Programming (2007) | mrsmn | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-09-08 | Beej's Guide to C Programming (2007)First breakout · Best thread | da02 | 427 | 79 |
| 2021-02-11 | Beej's Guide to C Programming | janselman | 9 | 1 |
| 2021-02-18 | Beej's Guide to C Programming | mkl95 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-12-20 | Beej's Guide to C Programming | tambourine_man | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-03-28 | Beej's Guide to C ProgrammingHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | nadavision | 115 | 36 |
| 2025-12-02 | Beej's Guide to C Programming | tambourine_man | 12 | 7 |