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Zig did not compile to C, yet, and so is restricted to llvm's targets.

• jedisct1 5y ago
  Zig's stage2 compiler has a C backend https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/master/src/codegen/c.zig https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/master/src/codegen/c.zig
  • dleslie 5y ago
    That's not released or finished, last I checked a few weeks ago. Edit: Oh, looks like it was released just a few days after I last checked; ha. Although, it's not clear to me whether it's intended for end-user use yet. https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/tag/0.8.0 https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/tag/0.8.0
    • dleslie 5y ago
      Self-Reply addendum: on Discord the devs claim it's nowhere near ready for general use.
• Zababa 5y ago
  I think you can compile Zig to WASM, and then it's just a matter of finding a WASM interpreter/JIT in C.
  • dleslie 5y ago
    ... That would be terrible on, say, the Sega Genesis or 32X.
    • Zababa 5y ago
      I don't see how it's more terrible than using Nim.
      • dleslie 5y ago
        Nim is elegant, relatively safe, and not interpreted; its performance is within a stone's throw of C, and roughly on par with Zig; but with better safety guarantees.