▲ 4 ▼ Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them (avestura.dev) submitted 3 years ago by jumpstart@programming.dev to c/c_lang@programming.dev 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MooseBoys@programming.dev -2 points 3 years ago (3 children) A bit late to the party. Anyone wanting “C but better” is moving to Rust. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] einsteinx2@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago I haven’t don’t much programming in Rust yet, but just based on the syntax and apparent complexity (at least it looks quite complex to an outsider like me) it always seemed more like “C++ but better” rather than “C but better”. permalink fedilink source parent [–] offbyone@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago I haven't used Zig myself but I think it could have its place. IMO Rust has moved too far away from C to be something many existing users will move to (and using both in the same project is messy), but Zig seems to integrate well enough that it might. permalink fedilink source parent [+] rmam@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MooseBoys@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago I’m not saying Rust is better - I prefer c/cpp myself. I’m just saying that if someone is going to move away from c to a new language, it’s overwhelmingly more likely to be Rust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] einsteinx2@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago I haven’t don’t much programming in Rust yet, but just based on the syntax and apparent complexity (at least it looks quite complex to an outsider like me) it always seemed more like “C++ but better” rather than “C but better”. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] offbyone@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago I haven't used Zig myself but I think it could have its place. IMO Rust has moved too far away from C to be something many existing users will move to (and using both in the same project is messy), but Zig seems to integrate well enough that it might. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] rmam@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MooseBoys@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago I’m not saying Rust is better - I prefer c/cpp myself. I’m just saying that if someone is going to move away from c to a new language, it’s overwhelmingly more likely to be Rust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MooseBoys@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago I’m not saying Rust is better - I prefer c/cpp myself. I’m just saying that if someone is going to move away from c to a new language, it’s overwhelmingly more likely to be Rust. permalink fedilink source parent
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