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Why you should use Zig for your Elixir Nifs

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Programming languagesSystems programmingZigElixir and Erlang

An explanation of why Zig is an excellent choice for writing Elixir Native Implemented Functions, focusing on memory safety and ease of integration.

I show one good reason (out of many) that you should be using Zig for your low-level code. Zigler library (0.7.0 WIP): github.com/ityonemo/zigler/ (0.3.2 available in hex.pm): hexdocs.pm/zigler/Zigler.html If you prefer videos: youtube.com/watch?v=fIxNEILcNGM Writing custom allocators in C++: youtube.com/watch?v=LIb3L4vKZ7U

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