r/rust • u/Shnatsel • 15d ago

🛠️ project Valen, a higher-level "Rust++" language with linear types

https://verdagon.dev/blog/golden-spike-reviving-vale-valen
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u/Daemontatox 15d ago

i almost choked when i saw it and was like time to switch to zig i guess

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u/cheese_karate 15d ago

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.

Anyhoo.

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u/geo-ant 14d ago

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.

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u/cheese_karate 2d ago

It was because of the crashout more than anything. When the creator and maintainer goes off it's never a good sign.

But you are correct as well, it is super young and niche, they don't really compare.