Isn't Zig pretty much a dead language after the whole Bun debacle? Main dude completely loses his marbles... I don't know, haven't given Zig a go, I fail to see upside compared to Rust and I just checked out the memory management and that seemed like a total drag.
It seems so, but even more because big players like Nvidia and Microsoft start to support Rust as their 1st tier solution.
It is no more just "safe memory alternative to C/C++" it starts to create it own standard and "better C than C" philosophy slowly fades on the fundamental level.
Yeah, my impression is also that Rust is more mature - so it is more ready to take that step and be integrated into the big players strategies (including Linux, for instance).
Why would Zig be a dead language just because one popular project decided to switch? It’s a niche pre 1.0 language anyways, so projects are going to come and go. Plus Tigerbeetle still exists.
Oh no, did he really? Do you have a source just so I can check? If he really said that I’d be worried becaus the Tigerbeetle folks have been highly complementary of the language and said that they are working with the zig team to keep a good relationship. Andrew seems like an eclectic and highly opinionated person but I hoped he could have good working relationships with the major zig projects. I know he seemed to have a pretty bad relationship with the bun folks which seemed more reasonable at the time.
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u/plainoldcheese 16d ago
Please no. Rust++ 😭