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Zig breaking change – Initial Writergate

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228 points Retro_Dev | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 04:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
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brabel ◴[04 Jul 25 06:33 UTC] No.44461708[source]▶
I like Zig but it seems to just keep redesigning itself, while other languages like Odin “shipped” long ago and don’t seem to need to look back. Is Zig suffering from perfectionism syndrome where things are never good enough??
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1. cornstalks ◴[04 Jul 25 06:43 UTC] No.44461761[source]▶
I’m glad they are taking their time. They’ve made solid improvements and I don’t think get the sense that they’re paralyzed with perfectionism.

They’re not rushing, that’s for sure. But I’ve never felt worried about 1.0 never happening in an unending pursuit of unrealistic impossible ideals.

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2. vendiddy ◴[04 Jul 25 07:39 UTC] No.44462112[source]▶
They've been pretty explicit about their goals in not settling for a local optimum in the language and taking their time.

It seems like folks expect stability pre 1.0.