From what I've seen, it also has much less of an impedence mismatch. You can sling pointers around to your heart's desire in Zig, whereas in Rust you have a lot

From what I've seen, it also has much less of an impedence mismatch. You can sling pointers around to your heart's desire in Zig, whereas in Rust you have a lot of sanitization and restructuring when going crossing the barrier.