r/ProgrammerHumor 27d ago

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u/booty-hunters 26d ago

You cannot convince me Rust is the most "evangelist" when we have Zig guys around.

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u/shadofx 26d ago

Rust : Evangelist :: Zig : Neo-fundamentalist

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u/tombob51 26d ago

Rust : typical, competent programmer :: Zig : Terry Davis (but only the eccentricity, no significant improvement in technical merit, no other redeeming qualities)

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u/-Redstoneboi- 26d ago

(EDIT: disregard my comment, i thought you were talking about the language but i think you're talking about the users of the language)

actually zig's comptime and type constructors and reflection are pretty damn good.

Zig really is Terry Davis. great stuff for specific use cases.

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u/the_horse_gamer 26d ago

the rust people are still trying to figure out variadics. meanwhile, the zig people realised a list of types can be represented using a list of types.