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Aren't most people aware that Zig exists?
by brink 4y ago
Aren't most people aware that Zig exists?
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- wyldfire 4y agoIt depends on how often you hit 'reload' on HN. Ten times an hour? you've heard of it. Ten times a month? much less likely. Most of my work colleagues haven't heard of HN and therefore wouldn't have frequent opportunities to hear about Zig.
- Tozen 4y agoIf anything, Zig is over-represented on Hacker News with posts and positive mentions, particularly when you compare it to other newer languages. To include the other newer languages getting ignored, bashed, or trolled. Where with Zig, it doesn't get that kind of "heat". But just because Zig might be a "darling" of Hacker News, doesn't mean that's the case in general. For these newer languages, they need to distinguish themselves, in terms of reasons why people would turn to them. In a world of established languages like C, Rust, Golang, Object Pascal, etc... Why use Zig? The argument to use it over what they already know, might not be there for a lot of people.