Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
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Re: Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
#2Am I the only one who saw this syntax and immediately though "Man, this looks almost identical to Rust with a few slight variations"?
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#4Am I the only one who saw this syntax and immediately though "Man, this looks almost identical to Rust with a few slight variations"?
It seems to just be Rust for people who are allergic to using Rust.
It looks like a fun project, but I'm not sure what this adds to the point where people would actually use it over C or just going to Rust.
Re: Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
#5Initial commit was 24h ago, 363 stars, 20 forks already. Man, this goes fast.
Re: Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
#6Am I the only one who saw this syntax and immediately though "Man, this looks almost identical to Rust with a few slight variations"?
I thought the same and felt it looked really out of place to have I8 and F32 instead of i8 and f32 when so much else looks just like Rust. Especially when the rest of the types are all lower case.
Re: Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
#7Am I the only one who saw this syntax and immediately though "Man, this looks almost identical to Rust with a few slight variations"?
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#9Syntax aside, how does this compare to Nim? Nim does similar, I think Crystal does as well? Not entirely sure about Crystal tbh. I guess Nim and Vala, since I believe both transpile to C, so you really get "like C" output from both.
Re: Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
#10Am I the only one who saw this syntax and immediately though "Man, this looks almost identical to Rust with a few slight variations"?
I thought the same and felt it looked really out of place to have I8 and F32 instead of i8 and f32 when so much else looks just like Rust. Especially when the rest of the types are all lower case.
Agreed, that really stood out as a ... questionable design decision, and felt extremely un-ergonomic which seems to go against the stated goals of the language.