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by adolph 496 days ago
To clarify “from scratch” as in from basic materials and not “in scratch” as in the MIT graphical programming g system[0]. It appears to be written in Zig[1], which I find interesting for analysis.

0. https://scratch.mit.edu/

1. https://github.com/jcalabro/uscope

2 comments

lol, I think no one expected a linux debugger to be written in the visual programming language for kids.
I'd be very impressed if it were, though.
"written from scratch" is one of those phrases that seems to cause any submission to instantly hit HN frontpage, along with "for fun and profit", "considered harmful", and a couple others.