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gustavpaul | 18 days ago

> The Zig language, created by Andrew Kelley, takes a deliberate position on standard library scope.

I'm missing the significance of this callout. Is Andrew Kelley synonymous with/well known as a representative of a particular approach to language or software design?

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hdjrudni|18 days ago

...yes? Does he need to create more than one language to take stance on library scope?

gustavpaul|17 days ago

I meant that the name of the language creator is irrelevant to the point being made in the article, unless the name has some out of band meaning that the intended audience knows and I do not.

Turns out the article is AI slop, so makes sense.