Re:Why Zig over C for Systems Programming
by seanw444 on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:16PM
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If they can get the tooling situation handled better with 3.0, Nim will be probably the best all-around programming language in my book. The only reason I tend to opt for Zig instead (and the reason the library ecosystem is pretty small) is that it just feels a little unpolished all over the place. But the core principles are just so good.
I don't mean that as an insult to Zig. Zig is amazing. But the ergonomics of Nim are just unbeatable.
I don't mean that as an insult to Zig. Zig is amazing. But the ergonomics of Nim are just unbeatable.