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Zig is hard but worth it

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thadt ◴[] No.36150211[source]
> Crucially, there is basically no documentation for the standard library except for the source code itself.

From the viewpoint of someone learning about a new language, I find the accessibility of the standard libraries goes a long way toward helping me understand how things fit together. It is a first stop to see how experts in the language use it. Browsing through the standard libraries of languages like Zig, Go, and Python - they're usually well-documented and readable enough to be a tutorial, even before you've dug into learning it. Others (Rust, C++) are a bit more, ah, technical for the novice.

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1. tialaramex ◴[] No.36150476[source]
I certainly wouldn't recommend trying to figure out C++ by reading either of the three major C++ standard libraries.