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TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by mikkupikku »

gethly wrote: post #17
mikkupikku wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

I heard that very recently in a movie, just cannot recall which one.

It's popularly claimed to be a Navy SEAL saying. I have no idea if that's true, but I think it has some broad merit to many things, almost anything which benefits from careful planning or training. In this context, throwing a big lump sum of money all at once could pressure the developers to spend money / hire too fast without careful planning. Spreading the payments out could be the donor's way of saying they don't want radical hasty changes, they just want to help out in a way.

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by estebank »

tkz1312 wrote: post #26
tayo42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

Zig is orders of magnitude more pleasant and enjoyable to use than Rust.

>>> Zig is more enjoyable than Rust

>> Why is that?

> Zig is more enjoyable than Rust

You didn't really leave the GP more informed than before.

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by tayo42 »

LexiMax wrote: post #27
tayo42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

Some people enjoy the relative simplicity and straight forwardness of C, some folks enjoy the flexibility and zero cost abstractions C++ gives you. Some people can appreciate both. I actually like both languages for different reasons and I don't really understand why they're consistently being pitted against each other. Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.

With limited time and mental energy and I woukd say the languages are fighting for attention. The war is over why should I pay attention and for territory in my head.

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by littlestymaar »

tkz1312 wrote: post #26
tayo42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

Zig is orders of magnitude more pleasant and enjoyable to use than Rust.

It's like saying bacon is better than cheese. I totally get why some people would feel that way, but it's far from a universal feeling.

Tastes are just subjective.

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by ozgrakkurt »

tayo42 wrote: post #20
eggy wrote: post #11

In performing an assessment of which ecosystem and PL to use to develop our high-integrity automation software for mission-critical applications, we assessed Rust, Zig, and Ada/SPARK. Rust had the support behind it from a big corp., a passionate developer community, and some adoption by significant entities, but none with cyber-physical systems. And it has been interesting to see some developers leaving Rust for Zig…

>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

I find it easier to develop low level code like file format, async io library and similar stuff in zig

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by hnlmorg »

LexiMax wrote: post #27
tayo42 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

Some people enjoy the relative simplicity and straight forwardness of C, some folks enjoy the flexibility and zero cost abstractions C++ gives you. Some people can appreciate both. I actually like both languages for different reasons and I don't really understand why they're consistently being pitted against each other. Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.

> Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.

I couldn’t agree more!

Re: TigerBeetle and Synadia pledge $512k to the Zig Software Foundation

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Post by rishabhaiover »

gorjusborg wrote: post #28
tayo42 wrote: post #20

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>leaving Rust for Zig for the sheer enjoyment of using it instead. What do people find more enjoyable?

Zig feels like a better C with modern tooling. It is a tool that works for me. Rust feels like a better C++ with modern tooling. I am a tool that works for it.

You're a poet, kind sir.
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