I also agree that Zig has more promise for embedded than Rust, in my opinion. I use Nim daily for embedded firmware development for similar reasons that I like

I also agree that Zig has more promise for embedded than Rust, in my opinion. I use Nim daily for embedded firmware development for similar reasons that I like Zig, but Nim has some baggage that can get in the way at times around it’s compiler (though fixing those issues is surprisingly accessible I’ve found). That said, until someone works out how to properly integrate Zig or Nim or etc. into CMake, then there’s always going to be friction. Too much of the IDF world relies on it and it’s quirks. In Nim land I get around this by --compileOnly to C sources, which works but is a little cumbersome. Rust is rebuilding the embedded world from scratch, which is a non starter for my work. I do have hope Zig will have a better story than both for this, but we will see!