Re:Ask HN: Modern Alternatives to C
by Tozen on Monday May 02, 2022 @09:51PM
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There are more out there than Zig. There's Vlang and Odin as well.
D is something to look at, but I'm wondering if the opportunity passed it by and it has become almost as wide/complex as C++. I never quite understood why D didn't go more heavily into application development, like Object Pascal, as a lane it could make more of a name for itself. Hard to be kind of similar to C++, going for same usage, and then to displace it. C++ is just so established and people so invested in it.
In the case of Zig, Vlang, or Odin, these are clearly more about being a step higher than C, but ease of use as well.
D is something to look at, but I'm wondering if the opportunity passed it by and it has become almost as wide/complex as C++. I never quite understood why D didn't go more heavily into application development, like Object Pascal, as a lane it could make more of a name for itself. Hard to be kind of similar to C++, going for same usage, and then to displace it. C++ is just so established and people so invested in it.
In the case of Zig, Vlang, or Odin, these are clearly more about being a step higher than C, but ease of use as well.