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Re:Why Zig over C for Systems Programming by bunderbunder on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:22PM (#50486653)
The example you choose is rather telling, though. It indicates that the use case you have in mind is not at all the one that Zig is targeting.

A more humble critique would be to just acknowledge that you don’t seem to be a member of Zig’s target audience, and move on.

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Re:Why Zig over C for Systems Programming by Ygg2 on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:00PM (#50488134)
I am in the target audience. I do want low level systems programming.

Saying "you don't want operator overloading" in such cases is a reductionist view of how systems programming should look.

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Re:Why Zig over C for Systems Programming by hitekker on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:55PM (#50489525)
To be fair, the impression is that you want to do low level systems programming in Rust. It's a fine preference but it does put you in a different audience
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