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Demo: Base language, compile-time execution
Jonathan Blow · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2015–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 15 other demo videos tagged Programming language design, the mean is 2.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 127 minutes 18 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-10-31.
- Channel / speaker
- Jonathan Blow
- Verified runtime
- 2h 7m 18s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-10-31
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Programming language design. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo: Base language, compile-time executionCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 2h 7m 18s | 2014-10-31 |
| Conway's Game Of Life in APLdemo · Dyalog | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 7m 48s | 2009-01-26 |
| 7 minutes of Pharo Smalltalk for Rubyistsdemo · Avdi Grimm | 5 | 8 | 53% | No recorded overlap | 7m 15s | 2015-05-11 |
| APL demonstration 1975demo · Imperial College London | 5 | 4 | 63% | No recorded overlap | 28m 0s | 2013-07-12 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “What Makes the Zig Programming Language Unique?”. Its short rationale: Evidence Blow popularized compile-time execution before Zig.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Constexpr is a Platform (2020)”. Its short rationale: Early demo of running code during compilation.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Compile Time C++ Snake Game (2016)”. Its short rationale: Demo running a game at compile time.