This is the best description ever...
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I just read this, about someone comparing to C to Zig... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's say that Zig is a walk with your beautiful girl on a sunny park. You know it's gonna be nice. And C is like... I don't know... like snorting cocaine from a knife with THAT friend who is a terrible influence. If things go well, the rush is incredible and you think "Nah, screw my girlfriend, this is so much better", but there's also a medium risk you suffer from a crash, paranoia, anxiety, pain in the chest, etc. Seasoned devs/drug fiends will know more or less how much they can take without suffering the consequences, but as a newcommer you are not as safe as them.
Oh man... that's just gold. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I just read this, about someone comparing to C to Zig... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's say that Zig is a walk with your beautiful girl on a sunny park. You know it's gonna be nice. And C is like... I don't know... like snorting cocaine from a knife with THAT friend who is a terrible influence. If things go well, the rush is incredible and you think "Nah, screw my girlfriend, this is so much better", but there's also a medium risk you suffer from a crash, paranoia, anxiety, pain in the chest, etc. Seasoned devs/drug fiends will know more or less how much they can take without suffering the consequences, but as a newcommer you are not as safe as them.
Oh man... that's just gold. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
No C is like your wife/SO/partner/whatever, solid, dependable and has got your back. Zig is like the new girlfriend; an exciting experience, new, fresh, exhilarating but you're wondering; will it last, will they stick with me? Will they put up with all my BS? :) Had to add that last bit.
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No C is like your wife/SO/partner/whatever, solid, dependable and has got your back. Zig is like the new girlfriend; an exciting experience, new, fresh, exhilarating but you're wondering; will it last, will they stick with me? Will they put up with all my BS? :) Had to add that last bit.
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
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I just read this, about someone comparing to C to Zig... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's say that Zig is a walk with your beautiful girl on a sunny park. You know it's gonna be nice. And C is like... I don't know... like snorting cocaine from a knife with THAT friend who is a terrible influence. If things go well, the rush is incredible and you think "Nah, screw my girlfriend, this is so much better", but there's also a medium risk you suffer from a crash, paranoia, anxiety, pain in the chest, etc. Seasoned devs/drug fiends will know more or less how much they can take without suffering the consequences, but as a newcommer you are not as safe as them.
Oh man... that's just gold. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Zig
You misspelled C#.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Zig
You misspelled C#.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
C#
You misspelled Java. :-\
Jeremy Falcon
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No C is like your wife/SO/partner/whatever, solid, dependable and has got your back. Zig is like the new girlfriend; an exciting experience, new, fresh, exhilarating but you're wondering; will it last, will they stick with me? Will they put up with all my BS? :) Had to add that last bit.
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
Bad news, I was wrong about the $21.1M in funding. Here's their [2024 financials](https://ziglang.org/news/2024-financials/). Given the fact they're brand new, IMO they're doing good. But there's only one full-time person working on it. There are over 900 contributors on GitHub, but still... one full-timer. Given its traction, I'm sure it'll grow, but now I gotta wonder just how long that growth will take. Can't really wait years to start the app in hopes it hangs around. :sigh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I just read this, about someone comparing to C to Zig... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Let's say that Zig is a walk with your beautiful girl on a sunny park. You know it's gonna be nice. And C is like... I don't know... like snorting cocaine from a knife with THAT friend who is a terrible influence. If things go well, the rush is incredible and you think "Nah, screw my girlfriend, this is so much better", but there's also a medium risk you suffer from a crash, paranoia, anxiety, pain in the chest, etc. Seasoned devs/drug fiends will know more or less how much they can take without suffering the consequences, but as a newcommer you are not as safe as them.
Oh man... that's just gold. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
Hope that Zig takes you not in a Zigzag^ manner towards your programming goal. ^haphazard.
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Hope that Zig takes you not in a Zigzag^ manner towards your programming goal. ^haphazard.
Thanks buddy. Hope so too. Been looking for a "new C" so to speak and this is the closest thing to it that seems to have a chance. It's like crypto, either gonna win big or lose it all. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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Bad news, I was wrong about the $21.1M in funding. Here's their [2024 financials](https://ziglang.org/news/2024-financials/). Given the fact they're brand new, IMO they're doing good. But there's only one full-time person working on it. There are over 900 contributors on GitHub, but still... one full-timer. Given its traction, I'm sure it'll grow, but now I gotta wonder just how long that growth will take. Can't really wait years to start the app in hopes it hangs around. :sigh:
Jeremy Falcon
Yeah with only a single full-timer you gotta wonder how long he can hang on. Contributors are fine but someone has to lead the project. It's a shame gus it looks like it's a decent language with a lot of potential but it all comes down to users. If no one uses it, it ain't goin nowhere. Hope it all works out.
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Bad news, I was wrong about the $21.1M in funding. Here's their [2024 financials](https://ziglang.org/news/2024-financials/). Given the fact they're brand new, IMO they're doing good. But there's only one full-time person working on it. There are over 900 contributors on GitHub, but still... one full-timer. Given its traction, I'm sure it'll grow, but now I gotta wonder just how long that growth will take. Can't really wait years to start the app in hopes it hangs around. :sigh:
Jeremy Falcon
This reminds me of the history of Gitea (Git server project on GitHub), this was forked from Gogs:
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While Gogs was open-source, its repository was controlled by a single maintainer, which limited community input and development speed. In response to these limitations, the Gitea developers decided to fork Gogs in November 2016, creating a community-driven development model. Gitea had its official 1.0 release in December 2016.
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This reminds me of the history of Gitea (Git server project on GitHub), this was forked from Gogs:
Quote:
While Gogs was open-source, its repository was controlled by a single maintainer, which limited community input and development speed. In response to these limitations, the Gitea developers decided to fork Gogs in November 2016, creating a community-driven development model. Gitea had its official 1.0 release in December 2016.
Fo sho, and it's a nice project. It's just so early that using it right is a tiny gamble. I mean worst case I'd have to rewrite the app, which would reeeeaallly suck. But that would be the worst case.
Jeremy Falcon
