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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: 0.236s | source
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zer0x4d ◴[17 Nov 25 03:32 UTC] No.45950636[source]▶
For me, personally, any new language needs to have a "why." If a new language can't convince me in 1-2 sentences why I need to learn it and how it's going to improve software development, as a whole, it's 99% bs and not worth my time.

DHH does a great job of clarifying this during his podcast with Lex Friedman. The "why" is immediately clear and one can decide for themselves if it's what they're looking for. I have not yet seen a "why" for Zig.

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1. jamiejquinn ◴[17 Nov 25 09:50 UTC] No.45952209[source]▶
For many languages I agree, especially languages with steep learning curves (e.g. Rust, Haskell). But zig is dead fast to learn so I'd recommend just nipping through Ziglings and seeing if its a language you want to add to the toolbox. It took me only about 10 hours to pick up and get used to and it has immediately replaced C and C++ in my personal projects. It's really just a safer, more ergonomic C. If you already love C, I maybe wouldn't bother.