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 orderDybvig's compiler course was exemplary. Say what you may about Scheme, you learned so much more in those classes. His Scheme Programming Language book is highly recommended. Especially check out his extended examples chapter: http://www.scheme.com/tspl4/examples.html#./examples:h0
There are lots of cool papers Dybvig has published related to Chez Scheme that are relevant for anyone hacking on compilers. Specifically, destination-driven code generation is really neat. My favorite is the slides on the development of Chez Scheme: http://icfp06.cs.uchicago.edu/dybvig-talk.pdf. A few other good ones: * Destination Driven Code Generation: https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~dyb/pubs/ddcg.pdf * The Development of Chez Scheme: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.72... Here's a…
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
- 607
- Total comments
- 216
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-26 | Chez Scheme is now freeFirst breakout · Best thread | jordigh | 453 | 183 |
| 2017-08-01 | Chez Scheme | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-08-25 | Chez SchemeLatest 20+ point return | qsort | 150 | 33 |
| 2024-01-17 | ChezScheme | swatson741 | 2 | 0 |