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llvm-project
The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.
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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).
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oils
Oils is our upgrade path from bash to a better language and runtime. It's also for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!
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TinyGo
Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM.
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tigerbeetle
The financial transactions database designed for mission critical safety and performance.
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tigerbeetle
Discontinued A distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance. [Moved to: https://github.com/tigerbeetledb/tigerbeetle] (by coilhq)
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Hence, a higher number means a better zig alternative or higher similarity.
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- Allocators Are Monkeys with Typewriters
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Bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust
This list's Zig as an entry, despite the Zig project having very clear plans[0] for a 1.0 release. That's not 0ver, it's just the beta stage of semver.
[0] https://github.com/ziglang/zig/milestone/2
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Show HN: Dk – A script runner and cross-compiler, written in OCaml
I usually structure teaching the same way done in https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/eu/2017/the-four-kinds-o.... So "the Quick Walkthrough Guide will explain what dk scripts are and give you small examples to run" is simply a learning-oriented tutorial which is mostly about giving students confidence and visual feedback. And simultaneously it an explanation of nothing (the video has a great explanation for why to do that). So, I agree that an explanation of threads + Internet + cross-compilation would quite nuts, but for an experienced developer I'd expect to see a meaty example (take a look at https://ziglang.org/ for comparison).
One concrete action may be to make two distinct Quick Start guides ... one for the experienced and one for the inexperienced students though. Is that your thinking?
- Zig Devlog: Self-Hosted x86 Back End Is Now Default in Debug Mode
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Low-Level Optimization with Zig
> I feel like I can write powerful code in any language, but the goal is to write code for a framework that is most future proof, so that you can maintain modular stuff for decades.
I like Zig a lot, but long-term maintainability and modularity is one of its weakest points IMHO.
Zig is hostile to encapsulation. You cannot make struct members private: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/9909#issuecomment-9426...
Key quote:
> The idea of private fields and getter/setter methods was popularized by Java, but it is an anti-pattern. Fields are there; they exist. They are the data that underpins any abstraction. My recommendation is to name fields carefully and leave them as part of the public API, carefully documenting what they do.
You cannot reasonably form API contracts (which are the foundation of software modularity) unless you can hide the internal representation. You need to be able to change the internal representation without breaking users. I hope Zig reverses this decision someday and supports private fields.
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Why Use Structured Errors in Rust Applications?
> Did Zig really do that?
https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/544#issuecomment-61807...
> In order to simplify everything, tabs are not allowed. Spaces are necessary; we can't ban spaces.
They seem to be open to the alternative but not to a solution that isn't forced on people:
> Maybe someday, we'll switch to tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment and make it a compile error if they are incorrectly mixed
Zig already has a builtin code formatter that automatically changes formatting to their preference, but that's not enough.
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A new language inspired by Go
Zig solved this by not having a string type at all and not shipping full Unicode support in std: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/234#issuecomment-27630....
- Learning C3 (As a Zig User)
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What is Bun? The Node.js Alternative Explained
Bun is written from scratch in Zig, a low-level language focused on performance and safety. Instead of using V8 (the engine behind Node and Deno), Bun runs on JavaScriptCore, the engine used in Safari. This choice helps it stay fast and efficient, both in terms of memory and startup time.
- Convince OpenBSD developers to allow an executable get the path to itself (2020)
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