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it’s funny how vibes have shifted from Rust to zig now. I wonder what programming language will be the hype in 2026!

• sundarurfriend 2y ago
  To me, it seemed more like Rust and Zig started gaining popularity around the same time, a few years ago. Then people realized that Zig was in a much earlier state of development than they'd assumed, and had barely any resources to get into it, so the mindshare went mostly towards Rust alone. This is Zig is hitting a second wave.
  • pyrolistical 2y ago
    It probably just because C++ is more popular than C. Rust is a C++ replacement and zig is a C replacement. I see zig catching up in popularity because people are appreciating the simplicity it is trying to achieve.
    • pjmlp 2y ago
      As someone that was around when C started to be adopted in home computers, followed by C++ adoption several years later, and remembers C vs C++ flamewars on USENET, the popularity comparison made me smile.
• bobajeff 2y ago
  From my perspective rust is still getting a lot (most) of the attention while zig has a loyal but smaller following. Odin (one I love) has an even smaller following still. Personally, I don't really care about languages. I'll use whatever language I have to in order to try a library/engine I'm interested in. Currently I'm looking at trying Godot, Bevy and O3DE. As they all seem to be used to some extent right now. Note that none of those are written in Zig (or Odin). Maybe that will change after 1.0?