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 orderThe Awk Programming Language has to be my all time favorite programming book https://archive.org/details/pdfy-MgN0H1joIoDVoIC7 Just like the language it's still very relevant today.
In a previous discussion about awk, the user comex made a wish that I strongly desire as well: "I wish Awk had capture groups. It would fit in so well with typical Awk one-liners to be able to say: awk '/foo=([0-9]+)/ { print $1 }' although I suppose the syntax would have to be different since $1 has a meaning already." I use Awk all the time, and the new additions in the article are pretty nice; but for typical…
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
- 321
- Total comments
- 101
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-28 | The State of the Awk | ftclausen | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-05-29 | The State of the Awk | signa11 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020-11-18 | The State of the AwkFirst breakout · Best thread | ftclausen | 207 | 58 |
| 2023-01-19 | The State of the Awk (2020)Latest 20+ point return | xrayarx | 105 | 43 |