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 orderSpeed vs readability: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/yes.c https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/usr.bin/yes/yes.c
Someone fixed the bottleneck in pv to hit 123 GB/s [1]. Someone else managed to double yes performance [2] via vmsplice. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/6gxduc/how_is_gnu_yes... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/6gxduc/how_is_gnu_yes...
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14542938
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
- 1028
- Total comments
- 398
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-13 | How is GNU `yes` so fast?First breakout · Best thread | ruleabidinguser | 872 | 334 |
| 2017-06-13 | How is GNU `yes` so fast? | tdwong | 5 | 1 |
| 2017-10-12 | How is GNU yes so fast? | TrickyRick | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-07-22 | How is GNU `yes` so fast? | cmsimike | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-10-29 | How is GNU ‘yes’ so fast? | DougBTX | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-06-04 | How is GNU `yes` so fast? (2017)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | zbentley | 142 | 63 |