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Using Zig to provide stack traces on kernel panic on bare metal (2018)

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2018–2024
peak thread · 42 comments
141 pts
latest 20+ return · 2020-06-27
141 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One 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.

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Ok, is it just me or is Andrew Kelley a one-person, prodigy coding machine? I’ve been following Zig’s development for a few years now and the technical wizardry he’s gone through to develop a powerful, innovative language that is self hosted, challenges all the new systems languages out there, compiles C and supports magical cross compilation is just mind blowing to me. Thanks Andrew for pushing the boundaries and rethinking what can be possible with modern tooling. I highly recommend…

The more I see of the Zig language, the more I grow to appreciate its beautiful design! Such a perfect blend (IMO; obviously personal preference will vary) of modern language features that encourage inherent reliability and safety of code, with low-level systems programming -- all without the language becoming too complicated or difficult to code productively in. I'm really looking forward to tinkering around in Zig, for my next hobby project(s). P.S. In fact, I'm going to 'put my money…

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

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
279

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Total comments
52

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-12-04Using Zig to Provide Stack Traces on Kernel Panic for a Bare Bones OSFirst breakoutandxor13642
2020-06-27Using Zig to provide stack traces on kernel panic on bare metal (2018)Best thread · Latest 20+ point returnbrianush114110
2024-04-19Using Zig to Provide Stack Traces on Kernel Panic for an Operating Systemliamswayne20