Re:Zig self hosted compiler is now capable of building itself
by politician on Saturday April 16, 2022 @05:53PM
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This is kind of a trick question because they are all Turing Complete, but so is Assembly. The best way to interpret your question, then, is not “what is possible” but rather “what is simple to express correctly” and “what is simple to get correct eventually”. Those are questions about how tricky it is to get something to compile in the language and which tools exist to help determine whether a compiled program does what’s expected and does not do what’s not expected.
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Re:Zig self hosted compiler is now capable of building itself
by maleldil on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:10PM
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It wasn't a trick question. I'm not asking it in the same tone as someone would ask 'What can C do that Java can't?'.
I believe that Rust can be as low level as you want. If you have to fight the language to accomplish something, it's because you're probably trying to do something unsafe, and Rust will let you do that if you pay the price.
I was looking for examples of real cases where Zig is a better option than Rust. And while Zig is a lovely language, its main points against Rust are that it lets you do unsafe things more easily, and it's easier to learn.