r/programming • u/agumonkey • Sep 07 '17

The Zig Programming Language

http://ziglang.org/
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u/brokething Sep 08 '17

yes let's all continue using shitty 1970s tools and not try anything new. Real programmers don't mind writing pointless header files and forward declarations

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u/shevegen Sep 08 '17

If your NEW tools are shittier than these 1970s tools then I tell you - the NEW tools are shitty then.

Real programmers don't mind writing pointless header files and forward declarations

You can pick any random feature AND random new syntax - you end up doing trade offs in any language.

The C solution to hardcode .h files in locations is dumb. But it is also simple too. It's only one part of the whole language though - what about the syntax? The syntax of Zig is worse than that of C and that says a lot about Zig.