cgame
zig
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cgame
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Adding ANSI C11 C compiler to D so it can import and compile C files directly
LuaJIT was "good enough" at this that it worked pretty well for me -- mostly for automatically binding to headers from my own code where I was careful to avoid some of the potential gotchas. With a macro the header was stringified and sent to LuaJIT; could've also had a build step. eg: https://github.com/nikki93/cgame/blob/master/src/sprite.h#L9
An added benefit is you get ffi-reflect -- https://github.com/corsix/ffi-reflect -- over the resulting types / functions...
zig
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Show HN: I made a better Perplexity for developers
It's "Zig" not "Zag". https://ziglang.org/ Zig is under heavy development, but there's a single page https://ziglang.org/documentation/0.12.0/ that is a reasonably comprehensive source of truth about the current state of the language.
- The search for easier safe systems programming
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Memory-mapped IO registers in Zig. (2021)
There is an issue proposing this approach: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4284
- Zig Programming Language
- Zig Language 0.12 Release
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Zig 0.12.0 Release Notes
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/224
e.g.:
> > When debugging/prototyping, it's useful to comment out a line without having to refactor, e.g.
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How to Write a PHP Extension with Zig?
When writing code in a scripting language, sometimes you need that extra bit of performance (or maybe an async feature from Zig).
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Bun - The One Tool for All Your JavaScript/Typescript Project's Needs?
NodeJS is by no means a slow runtime, it wouldn’t be so popular if it was. But compared to Bun, it’s slow. Bun was built from the ground up with speed in mind, using both JavascriptCore and Zig. The Bun team spent an enormous amount of time and energy trying to make Bun fast, including lots of profiling, benchmarking, and optimizations.
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Bun 1.1
ntdll.dll!RtlUserThreadStart()
There are valid reasons to use APIs from NTDLL. Where I disagree with zig#1840 is the idea that it is always better to use NTDLL versions of API. Every other software ecosystem uses the standard Win32 APIs and diverging from that without a good reason seems like a good way to have unexpected behavior. One concrete example is most users and programmers expect Windows to redirect some file system paths when running on WOW64. But this is implemented in Kernel32, not ntdll.
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/11894
- Zig, Rust, and Other Languages
What are some alternatives?
arocc - A C compiler written in Zig.
Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
bzflag - 3D multi-player tank battle game
Odin - Odin Programming Language
warp - A fast preprocessor for C and C++
v - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
go - The Go programming language
ssr-proxy-js - A Server-Side Rendering Proxy focused on customization and flexibility!
rust - Rust for the xtensa architecture. Built in targets for the ESP32 and ESP8266
TinyGo - Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM.
crystal - The Crystal Programming Language