[alexrp]

The selling point is not merely cross-compilation; as pointed out in the other thread, it's the any-to-any cross-compilation for any supported target. With Zig, you get to download the compiler for any supported host target and then build binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, and NetBSD. In the near future, I intend to expand that list to include OpenBSD, illumos, and SerenityOS too.

[tamnd]

I really appreciate the enormous amount of work that has gone into Zig.

Let me clarify my goal here: by writing this article I hope to hear solid counterpoints to the first one, which I didn't find very convincing, and to start a more constructive discussion.

I'm also curious, how hard is it to a new target in Zig? For example, FreeBSD and NetBSD are already supported, but OpenBSD isn't yet. What are the main challenges blocking that?

[abnercoimbre]

Dude your article got flagged, which means it's no longer on the feed.

If you ever use LLMs for "technical accuracy" again, maybe actually test things on the command line.

[rootnod3]

Yeah, but doesn't that also apply to GCC or LLVM? Download the target-system version and go compiling away. That is not unique to ZIG.