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 orderAuthor here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...
Author here. Seeing all of the positive comments about my book is really warming my heart. I appreciate everyone and I'm glad so many people have enjoyed the book. I put a ton of time and love into it and it's gratifying to see it had the effect I'd hoped for.
A fantastic book covering similar things that you can read right now is https://pragprog.com/book/tpdsl/language-implementation-patt.... It's the book that got me into interpreters and compilers, I highly recommend it. It's slightly less in depth than the roadmap of "Crafting Interpreters", but again, it exists right now.
The two most popular discussions of this fantastic book: 2020 with 777 points: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22788738 2024 with 607 points: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40950235
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- Breakout years
- 6
- Total points
- 2230
- Total comments
- 504
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking