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692 points rudedogg | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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poly2it ◴[17 Nov 25 06:14 UTC] No.45951222[source]▶
> Learning Zig is not just about adding a language to your resume. It is about fundamentally changing how you think about software.

I'm not sure what they expect, but to me Zig looks very much like C with a modern standard lib and slightly different syntax. This isn't groundbreaking, not a thought paradigm which should be that novel to most system engineers like for example OCaml could be. Stuff like this alienates people who want a technical justification for the use of a language.

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1. adev_ ◴[17 Nov 25 09:00 UTC] No.45951964[source]▶
> It is about fundamentally changing how you think about software.

> I'm not sure what they expect, but to me Zig looks very much like C

Yes. I think people should sincerely stop with this kind of wording.

That makes Zig looks like some kind of cult.

Technically speaking, Zig democratized the concept of imperative compile time meta-programming (which is an excellent thing).

For everything else, this is mainly reuse and cherry pick from other languages.