[_bohm]

> the language that inspired conception of both of these

I haven’t heard this before. Do you have a source on this?

[gethly]

I do not, but John's old videos on the idea of making a language and addressing the modern problems of archaic languages has been cited many times.

Here is a list with his videos where he goes from conception to something tangible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&list=PLmV5I2fxai...

The first video is from September 17, 2014.

Zig's first commit was Aug 5, 2015.

Odin has first commit in Jul 7, 2016.

[ModernMech]

tbf there was a general systems language renaissance circa 2015, following Mozilla sponsoring Rust in 2009 and its impending 1.0 in 2015. Jai, Zig, and Odin were all contemporaries in that wave.

[Yokohiii]

The language is in closed beta, there isn't exhaustive details available. You can see interviews and some details on YT if you look up Jon(athan) Blow with suitable topics.

[_bohm]

I meant that I had not heard that both Zig and Odin were inspired by Jai