[Tuna-Fish]

I would quibble with all of the claims, other than easier to learn.

I really see no advantage for Zig over Rust after you get past that 2 first two weeks.

[bbkane]

Coming from Go, I'm really disappointed in Rust compiler times. I realize they're comparable to C++, and you can structure your crates to minimize compile times, but I don't care. I want instant compilation.

Zig is trying to get me instant compilation and I see that as a huge advantage for Zig (even past the first 2 weeks).

I'll probably stick with Rust as my "low level language" due to its safety, type system, maturity, library ecosystem, and career opportunities.

But I remain jealous of Zig's willingness to do extreme things to make compilation faster.

[bombela]

On any Go production projects I worked on or near, the incremental compile time was slower than C++ and Rust.

A full build was definitely much faster, but not as useful. Especially when using a build system with shared networked caching (Bazel for example).

Yes those projects were a bloated mess, as it always seems to be.

[samiv]

The key with c++ is to keep coding while compiling. Otherwise..yeah you're blocked.