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"Considering that the Zig Software Foundation not only doesn't have any big corporate backing, but also made an explicit point of always being fully independent
by open-source-ux 3y ago
"Considering that the Zig Software Foundation not only doesn't have any big corporate backing, but also made an explicit point of always being fully independent"
Zig has a VP of Community and it's important how the role promotes and evangelize the language for developers. Another example: Crystal appointment a new Community Manager recently, and now have developer "ambassadors" - to promotion the Crystal language. It's a shame that Nim has no equivalent role or initiave to grow the language community.
- kristoff_it 3y agoThat also ties into governance. The VP of Community position exists because the creator of the Zig programming language decided to create a non-profit corporation for the language as soon as he went full time with it, and then made the VP of Community position be the first hire.