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Open-source Zig book

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692 points rudedogg | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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jimmytucson ◴[17 Nov 25 03:57 UTC] No.45950733[source]▶
> [Learning Zig] is about fundamentally changing how you think about software.

Learning LISP, Fortran, APL, Perl, or really any language that is different from what you’re used to, will also do this for you.

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1. jamiejquinn ◴[17 Nov 25 07:53 UTC] No.45951645[source]▶
I agree, I love zig but the things that make me program differently are features like excellent enum/union support, defer and comptime, which aren't readily available in the other languages I tend to use (C++, Fortran and Python).