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[–] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Rust: works

Zig: segmentation fault

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also no higher-order functions like map, filter, reduce etc.

Really weird design decision for a brand new language.

Comptime is pretty dope tho, I wish Rust had that instead of relying on macros so much.

[–] CanadaPlus 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So how is Zig different from C or C++, then?

[–] ledtasso@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Much nicer than C, much simpler than C++, much less cruft than both.

[–] beastman@billys.mom 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@CanadaPlus @unique_hemp the biggest difference is that they don't make any memory changes invisibly

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 1 year ago

Wait, you mean Zig makes memory changes invisibly?