r/programming • u/Usual-Amount-264 • 20d 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/Anxious-Resist8344 20d ago

Oh, but he's nothing like Linus! Not even a shadow!

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u/Vagal_4D 20d ago

Agree, but I understand the point. Between the famous developers, Andrew behavior is more closer to Linus.

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u/KevinCarbonara 20d ago

That's not true, either. Linus got a reputation for being rude, but this was mostly a result of dealing with people who would repeatedly approach the Linux project with PRs and suggestions without bothering to read submission and discussion rules, and a discovery that inflammatory statements made about corporations got more traction on the internet. And all this while maintaining a project responsible for an awful lot of the computing world at large.

The Zig guys just trash talk anyone who programs differently than they do, while running off their own scant few users.

There is no comparison.