Hobby x86 kernel written with Zig

Re:Hobby x86 kernel written with Zig by jackhalford on Monday January 06, 2020 @10:27AM (#21969791)

I don't follow JAI but maybe Jonathan Blow should try zig, it's a great fit for game development and I remember him mentioning that he wants a language that is fun to write in.

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Re:Hobby x86 kernel written with Zig by hippyhippo on Monday January 06, 2020 @11:39AM (#21970503)

zig is following pretty much different path from jai afaik. zig prefers everything explicit and is very verbose whereas jai has many implicit things and also has macros or something similar. Anyways, more will be seen when it is released.

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Re:Hobby x86 kernel written with Zig by andi999 on Monday January 06, 2020 @01:09PM (#21971393)

Maybe you can enlighten me, but from my view it seems the biggest difference is that zig exists and jai doesnt (yet?); at least for practical purposes.

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Re:Hobby x86 kernel written with Zig by gameswithgo on Monday January 06, 2020 @01:09PM (#21971398)

Blow is pretty familiar with Zig, there has been some collaboration between the two creators.

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