While I intend to learn more Rust, compatibility with existing code is a big reason why I'm paying attention to Zig. It's not yet 1.0 and it's closer to C than

While I intend to learn more Rust, compatibility with existing code is a big reason why I'm paying attention to Zig. It's not yet 1.0 and it's closer to C than C++. However, because it's meant to compile and interop with both C and C++, I'm hopeful that it'll be an easier switch for more projects. It doesn't provide the safety checks that safe Rust does, but safe Rust requires a rewrite IIUC.