Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke

Re:Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke by neutronicus on Monday July 13, 2026 @08:13AM (#48891511)

Yeah, I mean … as a C++ dev I have those same existential “what’s the point” questions about Zig.

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Re:Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke by araoz on Monday July 13, 2026 @10:17AM (#48893126)

AFAIK zig is not trying to be "better C++" (that is Rust), zig is more like "better C". a ergonomic low level lang with very little abstractions. zig explicitly doesn't want to be better C++ or rust

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Re:Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke by neutronicus on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:33AM (#48894302)

Oh, I get that.

That’s what I’m saying. I hear “Better C” and my initial reaction is “what’s the point”. Like, why would you aim for “Worse C++”?

I mean, compile times. That’s fair.

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Re:Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke by pjmlp on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @03:45AM (#48903448)

Even those aren't that bad, when using C++20 modules, coupled with binary libraries.

Granted we "aren't modules" yet, unless being on latest compilers with msbuild/cmake/ninja tooling.

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Re:Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke by neutronicus on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @08:18AM (#48905631)

Perhaps theoretically, with good practice, but at my job it’s fucking brutal.

But to your larger point I would much rather work on improving that than let it drive me back to C fetishism.

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