> Most programming languages hide complexity from you
A garbage collector isn't "hidden complexity". We all know they exist and use memory and CPU.
How Zig is better than Ruby:
- it has a linear performance gain
- the IDE has more information
That's great if you absolutely need it, but in a lot of cases:
- you don't need linear performance gains or you need the gains to be more than linear
- the linear performance gains come at a huge cost: code readability (assuming you managed to write it and it compiles)
- relying too much on the IDE won't make better programs and won't make you a better programmer