I've been learning Zig by porting my toy SQL database in Go to Zig (both projects are on Github, you can go find them if you'd like). This is my first time trying to seriously use a non-GC language for a project, so there's a big learning curve unrelated to Zig in particular. However, it's much easier than trying to learn C (which I've tried a few times). The standard library is incredibly feature rich compared to C (although I've heard whispers that eventually they plan to reduce the size of the standard library, which I'd personally find sad). defer is awesome. comptime too.
I haven't noticed miscompilation yet but I have noticed occasional unclear error messages such as it pointing at the wrong line. I've meant to make a note of these but since I'm just focused on learning I haven't done a great job of writing down these minor bugs.
I don't think the breaking changes (which haven't seemed that big) are a huge deal for most folks curious about PL in general. And I think the potential for being a better C is just so great that it's worth continuing to try out Zig and follow it's development. In particular I think it would make a lot of sense as a teaching language for the college courses that would otherwise use C. And I think it would be a pretty fancy compilation target for language implementations like Chicken Scheme that otherwise target C. (I'm sure it would be great in other situations too but these two are ones I can relate to most.)
But I'm still early on in my exploration of Zig. (Disclaimer: the company I work for uses Zig and sponsors ZSF.)
I haven't noticed miscompilation yet but I have noticed occasional unclear error messages such as it pointing at the wrong line. I've meant to make a note of these but since I'm just focused on learning I haven't done a great job of writing down these minor bugs.
I don't think the breaking changes (which haven't seemed that big) are a huge deal for most folks curious about PL in general. And I think the potential for being a better C is just so great that it's worth continuing to try out Zig and follow it's development. In particular I think it would make a lot of sense as a teaching language for the college courses that would otherwise use C. And I think it would be a pretty fancy compilation target for language implementations like Chicken Scheme that otherwise target C. (I'm sure it would be great in other situations too but these two are ones I can relate to most.)
But I'm still early on in my exploration of Zig. (Disclaimer: the company I work for uses Zig and sponsors ZSF.)