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> why not just build a translation tool for it? They did ;) a highly dynamic one...

• giancarlostoro 5mo ago
  I mean, LLMs have been really good at translating code for a while now, which is why I'm more surprised that others are surprised this happened. They claim its a marketing trick despite the fact that they have to manage and maintain a fork of Zig if they don't switch languages.
  • bendmorris 5mo ago
    They don't have to do that at all. They could've used mainline Zig, without their vibe coded changes to it.
    • giancarlostoro 5mo ago
      They changed Zig because it was inadequate for their efforts, why would I keep using a tool that is inadequate if there's a better tool?
      • coldtea 5mo ago
        Because maybe they're wrong, and what they think is "inadequate for their efforts" is just due to their overengineering stupidity.
        • giancarlostoro 5mo ago
          Really? What is this reddit? If you are going to resort to name calling at least provide some genuine facts? Show me what in their Zig fork was too much? You assume Zig is “finished” being built? Because thats a bold claim, seems every major Zig change is some very major shift in the language. Zig is where Rust was before it did the borrow checker system.
      • bendmorris 5mo ago
        They claim to have made the Zig compiler faster, which is disputed. Even if true that wouldn't make it inadequate without their changes.