Zig is a programming language that’s attempting to become “the new C” - the language of choice for low-level systems programming and embedded hardware. Going into that space not only puts it in competition with C and C++, but also other newcomers like Rust and Go. So what makes Zig special?

Joining us to discuss it is Loris Cro from the Zig Foundation. We talk through Zig’s reasons to exist, its language design features, which parts of the C ecosystem it's tackling, and how the Zig Foundation is set up for the long-term health of the language.

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Loris’ website: https://kristoff.it/
Kris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/krisajenkins
Kris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins/

Zig homepage: https://ziglang.org/
The “learn zig” guide: https://ziglearn.org/
Learn Zig with Ziglings: https://ziglings.org/
Find the Zig community: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Community
Rust’s cargo-zigbuild: https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild
Using zig as a better linker: https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replacement-gcc-clang.html
"The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023) - https://youtu.be/XZ3w_jec1v8

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