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 "Getting Started" page of the documentation seems to be a better introduction to the project than the home page. It has a tutorial with screenshots and code snippets, and is overall a better description of what the language does: https://docs.racket-lang.org/video@video/Getting_Started.htm...
Archive.org link for the v0.2 documentation: https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191239/https://docs.rack...
related: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3110274 > This user-facing DSL utilizes a second, internal DSL to implement the second phase, which is an interface to a general, low-level C library. Finally, we inject type checking into our language via another DSL that supports programming in the language of type formalisms. In short, the development of the video editing language cleanly demonstrates how the Racket doctrine naturally leads to the creation of language hierarchies, analogous to the hierarchies of modules…
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
- 238
- Total comments
- 97
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-02 | Video: A Language for Making Movies | p4bl0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-12-29 | Video: A Language for Making MoviesFirst breakout · Best thread | brudgers | 149 | 40 |
| 2024-07-14 | Video: A Language for Making Movies | behnamoh | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-07-30 | Video: A Language for Making MoviesLatest 20+ point return | bedits | 85 | 56 |