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 orderThis post describes how Mozilla is incorporating F* verified cryptographic code into Firefox: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2017/09/13/verified-crypto...
I studied formal languages for ~2 years and have professional experience programming coq. The real benefit of this language, over other formal languages is the focus on being able to write real programs in it. Most theorem proving languages are focused on mathematics or proving things about a program, and they are very abstract. This language appears to have a goal of bridging the gap and making it simple to write programs and prove parts of them. I believe this…
Man, back when I did F# for a living, I really really wanted to use this for production, but I could never quite get sign-off. I was a big fan of Idris at the time, and F* seemed like it could more or less satisfy that itch while still being compatible with F#. One thing is that there didn't really appear to be any kind of IDE support, and while I'm alright just hacking up everything in Vim, I think…
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
- 765
- Total comments
- 258
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-02 | F*: A Higher-Order Effectful Language Designed for Program Verification | dkarapetyan | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-03-14 | F*: A Higher-Order Effectful Language Designed for Program Verification | mabynogy | 5 | 0 |
| 2017-09-01 | F*: an ML-like functional programming language aimed at program verification | fanf2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-10-30 | F* – An ML-like functional programming language aimed at program verificationFirst breakout · Best thread | philonoist | 264 | 95 |
| 2019-08-28 | F* – an FP language with effects, aimed at verification | sriku | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-01-11 | F*: A Higher-Order Effectful Language Designed for Program Verification | GordonS | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-05-16 | F* – A Proof-Oriented Programming LanguageHall induction | montyanderson | 236 | 102 |
| 2024-12-25 | F*: A proof oriented general purpose programming languageLatest 20+ point return | akkad33 | 254 | 61 |