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by baranul 2y ago
You have to respect the tenacity and pride of the V (Vlang) community. Always improving, always releasing, always continuing... No matter what. Respect!
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That would definitely be a safe assumption, that Google can look into anything they own or is on what they own. It's not like they are strong privacy advocates or don't already cooperate with any state apparatus they see as profit
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by baranul 2y ago
Muratori, who is a well known C programmer and instructor, has made his dislike of Zig quite clear[1]. Others, like Tsoding (many videos) and Kihlander (doesn't like syntax among other things), have given clear reasons for their dislik
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by baranul 2y ago
Good point made. To what extent is there really an advantage over very mature projects and veteran maintainers? Even if this could be proven, is it really enough of a difference to justify the continual drama and disruption? Well, it's
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That's exactly what I was thinking too. With all the chainsaws on display and rumors of deep cuts, makes sense for them to explain a bit to regulars about why they exist and how well things are going.
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by baranul 2y ago
Valid point. Should not only be to touch grass. At least snow, sand from the beach, and trees could at least be on the list.
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Not everyone thinks of Zig as a "no downsides and all upsides" C-replacement. First, a lot of people will take issue with it still being in beta and it being unknown how many more years will it take to reach 1.0. There are a bunch
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by baranul 2y ago
Think that's more to the point. Where people watch YouTube on TV, instead of traditional channels or cable, and they are free to screw around on their smartphones. There is no telling what people are actually paying attention to, becau
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Various modern alternative languages can claim to be "safe enough" or safer than C, along with C interop. Nim, Dlang... In fact, the V programming language (Vlang) can make the argument of being even safer, because it has more def
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by baranul 2y ago
Many, after doing a review of Rust, say they don't like or will stop using it. It's very premature to declare it has "won", whatever that can be said to mean. Example, ThePrimeTime[1] (famous YouTube programmer) is anoth
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Good points made. When looking at this, it occurred to me that It could have another goal, which is surviving a nuclear war or some other land based catastrophe. Definitely they are no where near to that being possible at the moment, but gi
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The argument of "just go send a robot", seems antithetical to life. The point of underwater settlements, looks to be an accomplishment for mankind, stretching the boundaries of what's possible. It's not that robots can&#
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> The history of computing has many examples of products and languages winning out over technically superior alternatives for non-technical reasons. Unfortunately, the history shows that such technically inferior languages and products w
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by baranul 2y ago
Agree with your statements. Go's history on its Wikipedia page[1] and other sources, explains one of the original points that led to its development was "dislike of C++", where it was causing them all kinds of problems at the
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by baranul 2y ago
Zig is not memory safe. It's one of those "can be more safe than C" modern alternative languages. This includes those various C/C++ alternatives that use a GC or optional one (that users can disable), to provide or incre
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by baranul 2y ago
It's questionable how attractive Zig really is, outside of people getting caught in the wave generated by its foundation, where there is a clear self financial benefit. A Zig language review indicates there are many questions as to its
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Think its inescapable that humanity will bring its problems with it, no matter where it goes. Probably what's more important, is that by being on numerous planets, it won't so easily go extinct due to war, disease, pollution, or s
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by baranul 2y ago
The sad part is the dream of humanity on Mars can get very much derailed by SpaceX inadvertently getting caught up in political battles, just like Tesla sales and stocks took a nose dive as a result. Maybe it's good that Blue Origin is
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I've always felt that the behavior of Go's ownership, in regards to minimalism, is a reflection of it being considered a solution for their internal problems. This is something outside of what users are requesting or needing. Peop
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Good point. As for C and slices, doubt that many care, at this point. Many will use C alternatives that have slices or are long time C users that just deal with it.
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True that Odin is admittedly quite limited in that area. Muratori made the case that Jai was far beyond both Zig and Odin, thus recommending its use and what made it attractive for him. The other issue, is investing in languages that are in
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by baranul 2y ago
True. The data taken can end up anywhere, and where it came from is obscured. Too much circumventing of laws or purposefully violating the privacy and human rights of one's own citizens, even for profit.
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A lot of people have put Zig on pause or have outright rejected it. Nothing wrong with that (personal choice). Tsoding (well known YouTube programmer) makes fun of it and won't use it unless paid to. Context is needed, in regards to sa
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Clarity is very much needed. There are so many stories about "battery technology breakthroughs", but then they never come to market or are x number of years away from production. The general public is often way more interested in
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He is apparently mostly a Golang guy, and has stated he would play around/experiment with Zig. However, this was against the advice of Muratori (who does not like Zig), and suggested Jai (preferred choice) or Odin.
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There are a lot of C programmers who do not like or are not fond of Zig or Odin. For highly proficient C and C++ programmers, many consider them not worth their time. Not even counting, that both Zig and Odin are in beta. It's an inves
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Well there is a difference between ICE producers wanting EVs to flop versus what consumers would buy and getting cleaner air. If the same time and effort is put into EVs, we are going to get good examples, results, and sales. And that looks
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Nice explanation. Modules are the way forward. Looks to always have been. Not understanding the resistance, when the advantages are clear.
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But Go was not trying to be functional, but more general-purpose ease of use. V (Vlang), moves a bit closer to functional, while keeping the ease of use of its Go heritage. Rust builds on top of its OCaml heritage, however, this creates a l
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Zig is also not the only language that has interesting compile-time features. V (Vlang)[1] and D (Dlang) (among others), has them too. It's kind of weird that this is promoted so much with Zig, as if other languages don't have a l

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