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Interview with Zig language creator Andrew Kelley
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Interview with Zig language creator Andrew Kelley
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- Presented by Andrew Kelley, creator of Zig
- Linked in the descriptioncontextfreecode/zig-demo
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Programming languagesSystems programmingZigLanguage design and type systemsMemory management
Andrew Kelley discusses the design of the Zig programming language, its memory safety model, and its relationship with C and LLVM.
Code: github.com/contextfreecode/zig-demo Zig documentation: ziglang.org/documentation/master/ Topic Demo Introduce History Competing with C Standards Zig Software Foundation Keeping up with LLVM Idealism Stack overflow Async vs hidden control flow Memory safety De-init Compile-time execution vs static analysis When is 1.0? Interesting software in Zig Future plans Closing wordsWhy it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an insightful interview with the creator of Zig covering its core design philosophies.