Zig monthly, October 2021: Games, gamedev, Elixir, tools and more

Re:Zig monthly, October 2021: Games, gamedev, Elixir, tools ... by FpUser on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:12PM (#29100332)

>"why would anyone start a new program in C"

I wrote a firmware recently for low power microcontroller. No memory allocations in code. The language is simple and easy to read unless one is purposely trying to be fancy. It is very performant - the end result and compile steps as well. And there are megatons of C libs for microcontrollers. Would not dream of using anything else for this particular task

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Re:Zig monthly, October 2021: Games, gamedev, Elixir, tools ... by pjmlp on Thursday November 04, 2021 @03:10AM (#29104251)

Which is why it would be good if WG14 was a bit more security conscious.

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Re:Zig monthly, October 2021: Games, gamedev, Elixir, tools ... by FpUser on Thursday November 04, 2021 @06:40AM (#29105419)

I am a practical man. The last thing I worried about is a security issues with my code on that specific device. Or should I say non issues since it works like a charm and I just can't see how C "insecurity" can bring any problems to my particular situation.

Sure let WG invest their efforts where needed but for my own case I do not care.

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Re:Zig monthly, October 2021: Games, gamedev, Elixir, tools ... by pjmlp on Thursday November 04, 2021 @01:25PM (#29110014)

Until liability and lawsuits due to security exploits become a common thing.

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