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 orderIn a somewhat similar vein, I made a concatenative array language inspired by kdb+/q: https://cryptm.org/xs/ Unlike other concatenative languages, the order of operation is right to left, and it supports infix operators. This gives the language a very conventional array language feel, while also giving you the power and flexibility of the stack. As far as I'm aware, there's really nothing like it. Would love if someone gave it a try! Here's an example, the factorial function: xs> fac:(prod 1+til)…
> All primitives are denoted by single symbols Take an axe to the troubleshoot-ability of your language with this one weird trick that makes it impossible to google.
Implemented in K! And not very much code either. Certainly shorter than some other language definitions I've read: http://www.nsl.com/k/f/f.k
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
- 349
- Total comments
- 79
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-22 | F – a pure functional concatenative language (2006) | networked | 29 | 7 |
| 2020-08-21 | F (2006)First breakout · Best thread | tosh | 175 | 56 |
| 2024-06-19 | F (2006)Latest 20+ point return | hwayne | 145 | 16 |