Pledging $300,000 to the Zig Software Foundation (mitchellh.com)
from mox@lemmy.sdf.org to programming@programming.dev on 02 Oct 2024 02:25
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/23151837

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ericjmorey@programming.dev on 02 Oct 2024 03:16 next collapse

FYI the person with enough money to donate $300,000 to a programming language foundation is the founder of HashiCorp.

wargreymon@sh.itjust.works on 02 Oct 2024 09:45 next collapse

Good decision, zig is the next big boi of low level language. 💪🏻

Rust too complicated implies too much tech debt.

ericjmorey@programming.dev on 02 Oct 2024 12:07 next collapse

It seems there’s room for both

[deleted] on 02 Oct 2024 14:09 collapse

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spacecadet@lemm.ee on 02 Oct 2024 14:50 collapse

I really believe the future is going to be Zig + Rust. They both have very promising futures. Production and safety critical software will benefit from Rusts increased memory safety and Zig will be great for bleeding edge performance and drop-in C replacement.

Kissaki@programming.dev on 02 Oct 2024 10:47 next collapse

Using Mitchell’s donation we’ll be able to to offer Jacob Young a full time schedule. As a reminder, he’s the primary author of the C backend, x86 backend, LLDB fork that adds Zig support, and maintains the eZ80 toolchain on the side, all without even having the ability to bill full time yet!

modev@snac.bsd.cafe on 02 Oct 2024 12:18 collapse

Not so bad in foss...
This is great example.