miniC
Learning and science
interactive programming tutorial
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
13 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.34.
Execution: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 5 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Well-made, clear pedagogical tutorial
From 3 comments
I know basic C but never digged into what happens below the surface. As someone who doesn't know these things I find the tutorial really well-made, with a clean and concise…
anon42428428313 on HNThis is a very well-thought out pedagogical tool. Can't wait for part 2!
ayepif on HNI think it is quite interesting, although I think you do have too much information on the tutorial (too much clicking to do). I think it would be better if you could provide a…
jventura on HN
Useful for teaching C and CS classes
From 2 comments
This is super cool and would be great for CS classes, well done!!
mattsfrey on HNHave waited forever for something like this. So. Many. Things. Boil down to C. Thank you thank you thank you
Bucephalus355 on HN
Objections
Missing C features such as #define, goto, and array initializers
From 2 comments
Nice, but some of the missing features really hurt: I couldn't do a simple #define. This is pretty fundamental to typical C programming. One would also expect stringification,…
burfog on HNI sort of am the target audience: I'm currently teaching C. The lack of important standard features means I can't just say "this is C". For teaching, normal data type sizes are…
burfog on HN
Does not work in Safari or mobile Safari
From 3 comments
Just a heads up: it works on Chrome but not on Safari
ucha on HNMobile Safari gives me a blank page.
macintux on HNI could not get this to work in Safari, but they do show up in Chrome.
saagarjha on HN
Tutorial has too much clicking
From 1 comment
I think it is quite interesting, although I think you do have too much information on the tutorial (too much clicking to do). I think it would be better if you could provide a…
jventura on HN
Requests
Add malloc and standard library functions
From 1 comment
Very cool. Maybe add malloc() and friends to missing functionality.
tyingq on HN
Add for loops and more tutorial parts
From 2 comments
This is really fantastic. Looking forward to more tutorials. Thanks for sharing.
bogomipz on HNThis was great! Looking forward to them for loops.
Panoramix on HN
Support more C features like restrict
From 1 comment
Nice, but some of the missing features really hurt: I couldn't do a simple #define. This is pretty fundamental to typical C programming. One would also expect stringification,…
burfog on HN
Questions
What does the 1 in CALL 1 mean?
From 1 comment
What is 1 in CALL 1?
GoToRO on HN
Alternatives named
Compiler Explorer (godbolt)
From 1 comment
Awesome work!!! Reminds me some of Compiler Explorer: https://godbolt.org/
equalunique on HN