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  • Zig is “c”, but modern and safe.

    The big selling points compared to Rust are:

    • A better syntax
    • No hidden control flow
    • No hidden memory allocation
    • Really great interop with C (it’s almost as if you just include the C code as you would in a C code base…)
    • Fast compile time
    • it’s more readable
    • it’s simpler to learn

    The syntax is really close to the C language; any C programmer can pick up Zig really fast.

    IMO Zig is a far better choice to go in the kernel than Rust.

    Linux has tried to include CPP in it, and it failed.

    So imagine if trying to fit in a C-like cousin failed, how far they are to fit an alien language like Rust…

    For more information: https://ziglang.org/learn/why_zig_rust_d_cpp/



  • PushButton@lemmy.worldtoProgramming@programming.devSafe C++
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    5 days ago

    I went for a blood test two days ago.

    The girls came back sprinting with some papers, asking me how it was possible???

    I asked calmly what was going on, right? That’s when she said she never saw, in her entire life, such beautiful, elegant, fast and clean blood!

    I was like: “darling, that’s because Zig is flowing in my veins, I just can’t stop using it”…

    That being said, I totally agree with you.


  • PushButton@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlWhich distro?
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    6 days ago

    As a Linux only user, I totally agree with your message.

    People who downvote you aren’t of good faith, are delusional or just dumb.

    Linux is better in every single category except ease of use for non-technical users and gaming.

    Let’s stop with this bandwagon of MS bad, Linux good; Linux is good enough for us to not lie and speak the truth…






  • Get a Foot in the Door

    It starts with “no, you don’t have to learn it”,

    to “your changes are breaking Rust stuff, let’s waste time together to fix it, else I call it ‘bad attitude’”

    to “you better make your stuff that way if you don’t want to break Rust stuff (and waste your time me)”

    to “do it my way, Rust is taking longer to fix and I would have to refactor all the code because of the lifetime cancer”

    to the original senior kernel dev saying: “fuck it, I quit, the kernel is such a mess with the Rust BS” … People don’t want you at the party, make your own party with your own friends we don’t want you here

    It’s not complicated.







  • Comptime replaces macros/reflection.

    It’s basically Zig code that runs at compile time in your code…

    No other “weird” language to learn; it’s zig all the way. What you would have written in macro is written in zig comptime.

    Even the build system is zig…

    Same for generics, it’s comptime…


  • PushButton@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlZed on Linux is out!
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    2 months ago

    As I mentioned, a couple of tasks loosely related. The patch you are mentioning isn’t complete nor address the real problem.

    It is an ugly hack at best.

    Refrain from your urge to defend rust at all costs. You are sliding more and more toward the specifics of a project than the fact I stated about rust in general.

    If you still not get my initial point I’ve made, read this.

    That’s a long read explaining what I meant. My point was about Rust, not Zed or the developers of Zed in particular.

    And for the Zed editor, I wish them the best luck, it seems like a great project that people enjoy.

    Please feel free to comment and share your thoughts on the article above, my dear favorite nutritious veggie.