Zig gives you more control than Rust, which should theoretically lead to a higher performance ceiling.
replyThere's not much magic in Zig. Keep hitting goto-definition and you can eventually see the OS switch statements and syscalls.
that’s not what the benchmarks say about Go, and based on multiple reports, Rust does not scale well into large codebases, which eventually become brittle and very difficult to change
replyZig is a return to “no magical effects,” except with reasonable safety
I would be very surprised to see a large Rust codebase being harder to maintain than a large Zig codebase. The former makes it much easier to maintain invariants at scale.
replyNeither has been battle-tested at the relevant scale.
replyWhat kind of scale are you thinking of?
replyBy the time C++ and Java were as old as Rust is today there were thousands of programs that over 1MLOC that had been maintained for at least five years. Rust is a rather old language, yet I doubt there are even hundreds of Rust programs over 1MLOC.
replyLink to said benchmarks?
reply> based on multiple reports
replyThese reports are smoking crack. Rust scales gloriously well into large codebases, and it especially shines when it comes to making major refactorings. Please don't bother speaking about things that you don't understand.
You are entirely right here, you're also incredibly rude. Please don't bother replying when the only thing you're actually doing is being condescending and spreading negativity
replyRudeness is perfectly acceptable when it comes to preventing the spread of blithe and thoughtless disinformation. I have no obligation to be polite to people who speak authoritatively on topics they know nothing about. I recommend you spend less energy on trying to defend clueless people by policing the tone of the people educating them, unless you think that polite ignorance is more societally valuable than brusque truth.
reply> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
replyRudeness may be acceptable elsewhere. Not here.
If I wanted to talk to a saccharine bootlicker who's agreeable but wrong, I'd go talk to an AI.
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