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 orderAwesome project! > When I find a bug in this compiler, I go back to the original commit that introduced the bug and rewrite the commit history as if there were no such bug from the beginning. This is an unusual way of fixing bugs, but as a a part of a book, it is important to keep every commit bug-free. Ooo la la! "Chibicc Vol. II, The Bugs" !? In all seriousness, a book about the bugs would be…
Author here. I'm amused that I opened HN thinking that https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kiW9qmNlJ9oQZM6r5o4_N54s... (which I posted today) might come to the front page and found this post instead. So the chibicc book is not available yet. I'm busy working on the other project (the mold linker) and don't have time to work on it. That being said, I believe the repo is still very valuable for those who want to learn how easy it is to implement a simple C compiler. chibicc's…
This is great and very similar to the path I'm taking for my compiler project (https://bernsteinbear.com/blog -- compiling a lisp series). I'm even following the Ghuloum approach as well. Thank you for sharing!
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
- 489
- Total comments
- 98
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-30 | Show HN: Chibicc – A Small C Compiler | rui314 | 22 | 3 |
| 2020-10-04 | Chibicc: A Small C CompilerFirst breakout · Best thread | marcobambini | 278 | 44 |
| 2022-11-13 | Chibicc – A Small C CompilerLatest 20+ point return | agluszak | 189 | 51 |