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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: 0.407s | 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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thelastbender12 ◴[04 Jul 25 07:13 UTC] No.44461929[source]▶
Sorry, I think this comparison is just unfair. Odin might have "shipped" but are there are any projects with significant usage built on it? I can count at least 3 with Zig - Ghostty, Tigerbeetle, and Bun.

Programming languages which do get used are always in flux, for good reason - python is still undergoing major changes (free-threading, immutability, and others), and I'm grateful for it.

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1. LukaD ◴[04 Jul 25 07:16 UTC] No.44461960[source]▶
All the JangaFX products (such as EmberGen) are written in Odin.
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2. thelastbender12 ◴[04 Jul 25 07:39 UTC] No.44462113[source]▶
Thank you, my bad - I wasn't aware.

I still think what drives languages to continuously make changes is the focus on developer UX, or at least the intent to make it better. So, PLs with more developers will always keep evolving.