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 orderHey folks. I'm the creator of jank. I didn't expect to be on HN today, but I appreciate the interest. In short, jank is Clojure, but it's on LLVM and has seamless C++ interop. You still get full nREPL capabilities, can redefine anything on the fly, and we can actually JIT compile C++ code alongside your Clojure. The seamless C++ interop is first of its kind, for a lisp, and is done by JIT compiling C++ alongside the LLVM IR…
It's extremely interesting, but it has a to be noted that, even though the main page claims 100% compatibility with Clojure, the status page lowers the claim down to 42%, while the GitHub page states you can't even build it.
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
- 758
- Total comments
- 216
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-15 | Jank Programming Language – Clojure/LLVM/Gradual Typing | mjul | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-08-17 | The Jank Language: LLVM Hosted ClojureFirst breakout | bobnamob | 320 | 79 |
| 2024-05-09 | Jank programming language – Clojure/LLVM/C++ | giancarlostoro | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-06-01 | Jank programming language: a dialect of Clojure with minimal runtimes | thunderbong | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-12-04 | Jank programming language: Clojure/LLVM/C++ | tosh | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-01-30 | The jank programming language: Dialect of Clojure compiled to LLVM | akkad33 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-02-09 | The Jank Programming Language | akkad33 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-07-06 | The jank programming languageHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | akkad33 | 423 | 137 |