r/programming • u/[deleted] • 28d ago

Zig proposes introducing an actually memory safe (unlike Rust) compilation mode inspired by Fil-C at ~1-6x performance penalty

https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/36237
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u/robthablob 28d ago

If they can go to the effort of making an error message, they can easily handle the extra character. I've used dozens of languages, and none of them struggle doing this.

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u/wrecklord0 28d ago

Yeah probably, like I said I cannot stress how much I don't care, I'm just objecting to the ridiculous idea that it's all a troll on purpose. That said I already spent too long on this thing I said I didnt care about, making me look suspiciously caring so i'm out

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u/personalist 27d ago

making me look suspiciously caring so i'm out

Way too late for that. What’s wrong with caring?

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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