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Thank you (for both replies) and to everyone else, this makes it crystal clear what's going on - there's a lack of "hey everyone, this is very unstable at the m

Thank you (for both replies) and to everyone else, this makes it crystal clear what's going on - there's a lack of "hey everyone, this is very unstable at the moment and the basic internals are changing, using anything except the latest Github builds is highly discouraged" which might really help when added to the various places above. I'm a toe-dipper -- I need to run and play with some sample code (basic Hello, World stuff) to see if I like the ergonomics and wish to continue looking deeper, when an article is posted on HN and piques my interest to go try out (zig) the easy route is taken - install what Arch has as the latest and just test it out with the basics. ("The learn guide says I must have 4 spaces, what if I use 2? yeah OK that still works")

kristoff_it 6y ago
I think your point was fair and your approach is just as well. The reality is that we don't have a gigantic amount of resources right now. We don't have Google or Mozzilla backing the project, so most information out there is contributed by community members on their free time. Take a look at other content by Andrew (https://andrewkelley.me https://andrewkelley.me) or from Zig SHOWTIME if you want to lazily evaluate Zig :)
minxomat 6y ago
For a while there was a link to TIO (tio.run) on the zig homepage where you could play with it online. But for some reason it has been removed.
- sobeston 6y ago
  The version that tio has is very old at this point. Godbolt stays up to date.
  - minxomat 6y ago
    There wasn't any incentive to update it once Zig removed it from the homepage.
yamirui 6y ago
The only thing that's lacking is your understanding of semver. Zig is currently 0.6.0, you see that first number? This alone is a clear indication that nothing is truly stable and anything can disappear at any time for any reason.
- gravitas 6y ago
  This reply is rude and uncalled for, you created an account 28 minutes ago just to act like a condescending jerk? $ pacman -Q | awk '{print $2}' | egrep "^0\." -c 257
- dang 6y ago
  This comment breaks the site guidelines. Please don't cross into personal attack in comments here, or generally be unkind or snarky. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.

kristoff_it 6y ago

I think your point was fair and your approach is just as well. The reality is that we don't have a gigantic amount of resources right now. We don't have Google or Mozzilla backing the project, so most information out there is contributed by community members on their free time. Take a look at other content by Andrew (https://andrewkelley.me https://andrewkelley.me) or from Zig SHOWTIME if you want to lazily evaluate Zig :)

minxomat 6y ago

For a while there was a link to TIO (tio.run) on the zig homepage where you could play with it online. But for some reason it has been removed.

sobeston 6y ago
The version that tio has is very old at this point. Godbolt stays up to date.
- minxomat 6y ago
  There wasn't any incentive to update it once Zig removed it from the homepage.

yamirui 6y ago

The only thing that's lacking is your understanding of semver. Zig is currently 0.6.0, you see that first number? This alone is a clear indication that nothing is truly stable and anything can disappear at any time for any reason.

gravitas 6y ago
This reply is rude and uncalled for, you created an account 28 minutes ago just to act like a condescending jerk? $ pacman -Q | awk '{print $2}' | egrep "^0\." -c 257
dang 6y ago
This comment breaks the site guidelines. Please don't cross into personal attack in comments here, or generally be unkind or snarky. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.