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P99 CONF - Zig vs Rust

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Systems programmingProgramming languagesZigRustPerformance and optimization

ThePrimeagen reacts to a P99 CONF panel featuring Jarred Sumner, Glauber Costa, and Pekka Enberg discussing Zig versus Rust.

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…Zig is good for parser-style software. - Semi-disliked lack of interfaces, expected some implementation. - Preferred LLVM Vector types from Mojo over Zig. Turso (Glauber) When they were looking to port libSQL to Zig or Rust: - Liked consistent cross-target compilation in Zig. - Liked that both Rust and Zig tooling is well integrated. Source: link to this video Ghostty (Mitchell): - Enjoyed the language and felt productive. - Saw it as better C. - Liked the leadership and community. - Liked the Zig build system. Source: link to this video link to this video TigerBeetle (Joran): - Believed Zig provides the best total program safety, beyond just memory. - Saw it as better C. - Checked arithmetics were non-negotiabl…