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Zig breaking change – Initial Writergate

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228 points Retro_Dev | 5 comments | 04 Jul 25 04:11 UTC | HN request time: 1.171s | 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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kuon ◴[04 Jul 25 06:40 UTC] No.44461743[source]▶
I'd say it is taking some serious design decision for like the 30 years to come, so I am happy it breaks things now.

I wish it moved to snake_case for functions, this is a cosmetic detail but it drives me crazy.

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1. pjmlp ◴[04 Jul 25 07:01 UTC] No.44461841[source]▶
If I look to how I was programming in 1986, and how I am programming now, it is too much hope to have such a design goal, especially since most likely there is little Zig has to add to quantum and AI based systems.
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2. lionkor ◴[04 Jul 25 07:11 UTC] No.44461915[source]▶
This feels out of touch with the actual industry today.
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3. pjmlp ◴[04 Jul 25 07:57 UTC] No.44462234[source]▶
Out of touch is assuming that a programming language with zero touch points with AI tooling is going to be relevant in a AI driven industry.
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4. lionkor ◴[04 Jul 25 10:42 UTC] No.44463309{3}[source]▶
What is "AI tooling"?
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5. pjmlp ◴[04 Jul 25 11:27 UTC] No.44463556{4}[source]▶
Ask Chat GPT, Claude or Gemini.