D has a lot to offer. But C absolutely crushes everything else in the embedded space, on micro-controllers, and if a language wants to be a C replacement, it'll

D has a lot to offer. But C absolutely crushes everything else in the embedded space, on micro-controllers, and if a language wants to be a C replacement, it'll have to leave C gasping right there. D quite simply never tried. Zig on the other hand seems like a silver bullet aimed straight at C's heart, the embedded space. Once it arrives it'll only have to worry about Rust. Rust is the black hole at the center of the software universe, slowly sucking the blood out of everything else. Zig vs Rust is shaping up to be an epic battle, like the Jedi vs the Empire, for sure :)