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Interview with Zig language creator Andrew Kelley [video]

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200 points jorangreef | 1 comments | 27 Aug 20 11:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.405s | source
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lokl ◴[27 Aug 20 13:21 UTC] No.24293396[source]▶
Zig is appealing to me, but I wonder whether time spent mastering Zig would be better spent mastering C.
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1. vmchale ◴[27 Aug 20 18:26 UTC] No.24296869[source]▶
C has many advantages over Zig, mostly because it's standardized and extant.

Don't think Zig is worth it when it doesn't have linear or affine types.