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The Road to Zig 1.0 - Andrew Kelley

Zig creator Andrew Kelley justifies why Zig exists and tours its distinctive features, including C interoperability and comptime, along with what people had built and what 1.0 would bring. It was given at Philly ETE 2019.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN treats it as the standard introduction to Zig by its creator, with some calling it among the best talks they have seen.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
ChariotSolutions
Topic
zig programming language
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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  • Andrew Kelley's intro[0] is probably the best talk I've ever seen, and his continuing leadership seems really great to me and worth supporting. Besides my reservations for its use in graphics programming (see my other comment) it looks very attractive in many practical ways (build …

    pixelpoet on Hacker News · 2023-07
    In Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them

  • I can only hope my own language will become "incredibly small" like that one day. :) Even if a language doesn't take off, its ideas can make a difference and influence future designs. The creator of Zig certainly made an impression on me with this …

    matheusmoreira on Hacker News · 2023-11
    In A decade of developing a programming language

  • Sorry, one more thing to add to this: Andrew Kelley is obviously a genius, and his talk introducing Zig[0] is in my top 10 of all time technical presentations, for many reasons. But I really do wish someone close to him with a passion for …

    pixelpoet on Hacker News · 2024-12
    In C++ is an absolute blast

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