They’re working towards having native backends for x86-64, aarch64, etc., that are all written in Zig, making LLVM an optional dependency, and eliminating liter

They’re working towards having native backends for x86-64, aarch64, etc., that are all written in Zig, making LLVM an optional dependency, and eliminating literally all uses of non-Zig code (including no mandatory use of C standard library, for example) for those builds. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31052234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31052234 I’m assuming these will primarily be for super fast debug builds (at least to start), and LLVM (and maybe C backend too) will still be the favored backend(s) for release builds.