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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I've been enjoying zig.

It feels like when I go to write C, but without a bunch of code churn/copy paste on getting just the right memory management interface.

It's not perfect, and the API churn makes it really annoying to find decent documentation. But it's fun.

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

The build system was basically a black box until 0.14.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You might like Odin. It's stable and in industry use.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think the next language I’ll learn will be rust, but Odin has been recommended to me a couple times now.

I do want to try that one out

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same boat, but be warned that Zig and Odin are C-like, while Rust is C++ like. The different workflow needs some getting used to.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks.

I always avoided c++ for its complexity and bad error messages.

If rust is better at that then I’ll give it an honest shot.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

it's famously better at that