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Zig: Build System Reworked

Zig: Build System Reworked

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  • brabel
    I just upgraded some code to Zig 0.16.0 and I am actually really happy with the results. It impacted A LOT of things, but the changes were actually very good and seems to have set the language for a bright future, especially with the new IO mechanism which allows supper efficient code that looks good whether it's implemented single-threaded, multi-threaded or just via an event loop!If you haven't tried Zig since 0.16.0 was released, I highly recommend having a look. The release notes for this release were huge!!https://ziglang.org/download/0.16.0/release-notes.html
  • portly
    After having used Zig for a couple of months now I am convinced it is a fantastic tool language. You just pick it up to hack some idea together freely. Every time I hit a wall, I find the creators have thought of it already and offers comfort. But nothing gets in your face how to use the programming language "correctly".For me it is now the go-to "tinker in my garage" language.
  • xngbuilds
    After watching Andrew Kelley's interview video makes me want to pick up Zig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqddnwKF8HQ
  • xtreak29
    Bun is moving towards rust but does this also help bun's compilation times?https://ziggit.dev/t/bun-s-zig-fork-got-4x-faster-compilatio...
  • epolanski
    This sounds like great news, Zig's compilation times are already terrific and this is going to only make them better.
  • nromiun
    Is there any proposed timeline for a stable release? Big features like the recent async IO shows the language is very unstable right now.
  • IshKebab
    Zig has so many compelling features, and I'd even be willing to give up Rust's near-perfect memory safety in some cases. But the one thing that really put me off is string handling. It's just so super tedious. I like being able to finely manage individual string memory allocations, but I really don't want to have to do it all the time. RAII is great; I wish they'd use some light (optional) RAII for strings and containers etc.
  • steveharing1
    So i checked the license of this project, can anyone pls clarify what is (Expat) after MIT License
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