The Zig project is going nowhere

Re:The Zig project is going nowhere by rbr94 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:57AM (#50452371)

> The recurring theme is that Zig's maintainers appear more interested in enforcing their vision of how software should be developed than making Zig a practical tool for people who want to build software. And that is a serious problem for a programming language.

Not true! It just means (realizing a) vision is more important to them than becoming popular. It's their choice to make.

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Re:The Zig project is going nowhere by skor on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:00AM (#50452399)

same thoughts

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Re:The Zig project is going nowhere by rustyhancock on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:02AM (#50452420)

> It's their choice to make.

It's also a choice many of us wish in hindsight our tool makers had made.

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Re:The Zig project is going nowhere by 0-_-0 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:07AM (#50452478)

That's just a restatement of what you quoted

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Re:The Zig project is going nowhere by dns_snek on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:21AM (#50452586)

[delayed]

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