top | item 20821187 (no title) degraafc | 6 years ago I'm hoping for Zig [1] to reach maturity and offer that kind of simplicity, because I just can't get a handle on Rust (not that I've spent a massive amount of time trying).[1]: https://ziglang.org discuss order hn newest jedisct1|6 years ago I'm hoping for it to get more exposure.The fact that Mozilla was behind Rust played a lot in Rust becoming popular.But a lot of nice languages have stayed under the radar, and have been eventually abandoned.To succeed, Zig needs maturity, but also marketing. And that is hard without some big name advocating it. dgellow|6 years ago Both V (https://vlang.io/) and Zig seem really interesting, I also hope they will reach maturity networkimprov|6 years ago +1 for Zig, tho it has a long way to go.I've seen ppl say that something seems amiss with the V project. Verdex|6 years ago There is also: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin and https://www.kitlang.org/That are trying to get into the C replacement business.
jedisct1|6 years ago I'm hoping for it to get more exposure.The fact that Mozilla was behind Rust played a lot in Rust becoming popular.But a lot of nice languages have stayed under the radar, and have been eventually abandoned.To succeed, Zig needs maturity, but also marketing. And that is hard without some big name advocating it.
dgellow|6 years ago Both V (https://vlang.io/) and Zig seem really interesting, I also hope they will reach maturity networkimprov|6 years ago +1 for Zig, tho it has a long way to go.I've seen ppl say that something seems amiss with the V project. Verdex|6 years ago There is also: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin and https://www.kitlang.org/That are trying to get into the C replacement business.
networkimprov|6 years ago +1 for Zig, tho it has a long way to go.I've seen ppl say that something seems amiss with the V project.
Verdex|6 years ago There is also: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin and https://www.kitlang.org/That are trying to get into the C replacement business.
jedisct1|6 years ago
The fact that Mozilla was behind Rust played a lot in Rust becoming popular.
But a lot of nice languages have stayed under the radar, and have been eventually abandoned.
To succeed, Zig needs maturity, but also marketing. And that is hard without some big name advocating it.
dgellow|6 years ago
networkimprov|6 years ago
I've seen ppl say that something seems amiss with the V project.
Verdex|6 years ago
That are trying to get into the C replacement business.