This is all about creating orthogonal features. In any system where you are able to create a small number of features which combine in very flexible ways you ca

This is all about creating orthogonal features. In any system where you are able to create a small number of features which combine in very flexible ways you can achieve a minimalist language together with immense expressiveness. Zig is in that category. It takes some powerful ideas and combine them in ways that gives Zig a lot of power despite a small feature set.