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Comment by AndyKelley

> At its core Zig is marketed as a competitor to C, not C++/Rust/etc

What gives you this impression?

I directly created Zig to replace C++. I used C++ before I wrote Zig. I wrote Zig originally in C++. I recently ported Chromaprint from C++ to Zig, with nice performance results. I constantly talk about how batching is superior to RAII.

Everyone loves to parrot this "Zig is to C as Rust is to C++" nonsense. It's some kind of mind virus that spreads despite any factual basis.

I don't mean to disparage you in particular, this is like the 1000th time I've seen this.

parent AndyKelley 11 months ago

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