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 orderAlmost half the comments here are just to remind everyone that C can/will never be replaced. Is that really the most insightful we can be? Is HN so pedantic now that we can't analyze an interesting language idea, but just nitpick at its existence?
Great project, but it has had more than one major discussion on HN in the last year, which makes this submission a dupe (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). Most recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19610199 Other big ones: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Zig%20points%3E30&sort=byDate&...
https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=ziglang.org
One thing I'm super excited about here is that Zig can now cross-compile CGO to macOS [0], granted you link the appropriate macOS frameworks and SDK [1]. [0]: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/20689, https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/21721 [1]: https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross
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
- 529
- Total comments
- 303
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-28 | Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safety, and readabilityFirst breakout · Best thread | vmorgulis | 237 | 218 |
| 2017-09-08 | The Zig programming language: designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity | oblio | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-06-03 | The Zig Programming Language | signa11 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018-06-04 | Zig Programming Language | generichuman | 2 | 1 |
| 2018-09-19 | Zig: open-source programming language designed for robustness/optimality/clarity | ingve | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-05-02 | New Zig Homepage | AndyKelley | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-05-02 | The Zig Programming LanguageHall induction | AndyKelley | 142 | 59 |
| 2019-05-03 | Introduction – The Zig Programming Language | Liriel | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-02-03 | Zig Programming Language | rbanffy | 18 | 0 |
| 2022-05-12 | Zig Programming LanguageLatest 20+ point return | sysadm1n | 99 | 22 |
| 2024-04-22 | Zig Programming Language | ulrischa | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-03-05 | Zig-0.14.0 Landed | lr1970 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025-04-01 | Zig is a general-purpose programming language | doener | 4 | 0 |