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 orderI had the pleasure of watching Brossard's presentation on wcc at DEF CON last weekend, and it was quite fascinating. There was a live demo of wcc "unlinking" an ELF executable into a portable library that was then linked with and called by another library. Looking forward to where this project goes in the future! He did mention that help expanding this project would be much appreciated, as it takes time to reverse the relocation patterns of various binary formats…
I had to scroll way too far before encountering some basic description of wtf this is. "binary black magic" is cute and entirely unhelpful. It appears to be: 'The primary use of wcc is to "unlink" (undo the work of a linker) ELF binaries, either executables or shared libraries, back into relocatable shared objects.'
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
- 345
- Total comments
- 34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-11 | The Witchcraft Compiler Collection | DHowett | 4 | 0 |
| 2016-08-13 | The Witchcraft Compiler CollectionFirst breakout · Best thread | ingve | 181 | 20 |
| 2018-04-04 | Wcc: The Witchcraft Compiler CollectionLatest 20+ point return | api | 153 | 14 |
| 2024-05-11 | The Witchcraft Compiler Collection | rurban | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-09-19 | Wcc: The Witchcraft Compiler Collection | nateb2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-11-13 | The Witchcraft Compiler Collection | colonCapitalDee | 2 | 0 |