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Ok, is it just me or is Andrew Kelley a one-person, prodigy coding machine? I’ve been following Zig’s development for a few years now and the technical wizardry
by deckarep 6y ago
Ok, is it just me or is Andrew Kelley a one-person, prodigy coding machine? I’ve been following Zig’s development for a few years now and the technical wizardry he’s gone through to develop a powerful, innovative language that is self hosted, challenges all the new systems languages out there, compiles C and supports magical cross compilation is just mind blowing to me.
Thanks Andrew for pushing the boundaries and rethinking what can be possible with modern tooling.
I highly recommend people to watch his live streams. Excellent stuff.
- CyberDildonics 6y ago> Thanks Andrew for pushing the boundaries and rethinking what can be possible with modern tooling. Zig fails if you have carriage returns or tabs in your source
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- idle_zealot 6y agoIs that a bug or a feature?
- rstat1 6y agoDepends on which side of the "tab vs spaces" debate you're on I'd think (I'd personally consider it a bug to not be able to handle both)
- O_H_E 6y agoAnswered clearly here https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ#why-does-zig-force-me-to-use-spaces-instead-of-tabs https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/FAQ#why-does-zig-force-m...
- pron 6y agoYou mean an early prototype of the Zig compiler fails.
- O_H_E 6y agoI would like to thank (and blame :p) you for the rabbit hole. I just had some ride between zig, foss funding, musl, and such. Andrew is truly doing some awesome work.
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- andreaorru 6y agoWhen I lived in New York, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity of hacking together pretty often. Seeing his intensity and dedication had a huge impact on me. Thanks Andy!