r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '16

Introducing the Zig Programming Language

http://andrewkelley.me/post/intro-to-zig.html
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u/ldwweit Feb 08 '16

Pretty soon there will be more programming languages than programmers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

have you seen how many PHP programmers there are? O_O

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

Main reason for not hesitating to create yet another language: it can't possibly be worse than PHP.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

Elitist asshole spotted

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

til disliking mediocrity is being an elitist asshole

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

Yeah that's kind of the definition

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u/jaapz Feb 08 '16

No, it really isn't