Re:Why Zig When There Is Already CPP, D, and Rust? (2017)
by andrewflnr on Sunday October 14, 2018 @06:19PM
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But it's getting easier to just implement a language at all. That might be all you need to hit HN. No one said anything about "worthwhile" ones.
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Re:Why Zig When There Is Already CPP, D, and Rust? (2017)
by mmirate on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:24PM
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That says a lot more about HN than about anything else...
Re:Why Zig When There Is Already CPP, D, and Rust? (2017)
by andrewflnr on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:42PM
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It says that we look for more in an idea than pure utility, that cleverness and beauty also count. That's a good thing.
Re:Why Zig When There Is Already CPP, D, and Rust? (2017)
by mmirate on Monday October 15, 2018 @07:28PM
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> That's a good thing.
Maybe, maybe not, but luckily that question's not very important. Here's what is:
Where is the cleverness and beauty in Yet Another Boring LLVM Frontend(tm)? Zig and Rust are more than that, I'll readily grant - but that description does fall under the umbrella of "implementing a language".