Those are not comparable dates. The Zig "first appeared" date is a few months into development by Andrew in his spare time. The Rust "first appeared" date is af

Those are not comparable dates. The Zig "first appeared" date is a few months into development by Andrew in his spare time. The Rust "first appeared" date is after 3 years of development by Graydon in his spare time, followed by 3 years of development by a Mozilla-sponsored team of engineers.