Re:C Macro Reflection in Zig – Zig Has Better C Interop Than...
by mafuyu on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @04:53AM
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As an embedded C developer who has since branched out to Rust and C++, I’m definitely curious about Zig. Reading about this, I’m a bit split. Losing some of the C interop “magic” sucks, but the proposal to use the Zig build system seems pretty reasonable.
Really, I think what C developers want is a modern, opinionated tooling solution a la cargo. If the Zig build system can deliver that (plus the much better ergonomics of the language itself), I think it could be very compelling.
I’m sick of Make, CMake, Nix flakes, Docker, manually bundling specific arm cross toolchains, etc. If I can send someone a Zig + C project and the zig.build Just Works, I’m all for it.
Really, I think what C developers want is a modern, opinionated tooling solution a la cargo. If the Zig build system can deliver that (plus the much better ergonomics of the language itself), I think it could be very compelling.
I’m sick of Make, CMake, Nix flakes, Docker, manually bundling specific arm cross toolchains, etc. If I can send someone a Zig + C project and the zig.build Just Works, I’m all for it.