Hacker News with Generative AI: Zig

Zig Reproduced Without Binaries (jakstys.lt)
I decided to bootstrap Zig without using binaries that are checked in the repository and answer if the resulting zig1.wasm in the latest Zig release (0.13.0) is the same the one bootstrapped without using those binaries.

Programming Languages, Software, Zig, Reproducibility

95 points by todsacerdoti 8 days ago | 6 comments

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Naming Integers (ziglang.org)
Lately my Zig code has started to look like this in all my projects:

Programming Languages, Zig, Code Style, Naming Conventions

15 points by ingve 15 days ago | 14 comments

Zig's (.{}){} Syntax (openmymind.net)
One of the first pieces of Zig code that you're likely to see, and write, is this beginner-unfriendly line:

Zig, Programming Languages, Syntax

245 points by todsacerdoti 16 days ago | 164 comments

Zigler: Zig NIFs in Elixir (github.com/E-xyza)
Zigler is available in Hex, and the package can be installed by adding zigler to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

Programming, Elixir, Zig, Software, NIFs

229 points by ksec 28 days ago | 89 comments

Zig is everything I want C to be (mrcat.au)
Zig is an in-development systems programming language that markets itself as “a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software”. In my opinion, it covers the same problem space as C, and does so while massively improving on its usability and safety. It has a website at https://ziglang.org if you want to learn more, but here are a few of its features that I’ve found useful in my short time coding in it.

Programming Languages, Software Development, C, Zig

55 points by atomlib 30 days ago | 23 comments

Introduction to Zig (a project-based book) (pedropark99.github.io)
Welcome! This is the initial page for the “Open Access” HTML version of the book “Introduction to Zig: a project-based book”, written by Pedro Duarte Faria. This is an open book that provides an introduction to the Zig programming language, which is a new general-purpose, and low-level language for building robust and optimal software.

Programming, Zig, Books, Open Source

58 points by signa11 31 days ago | 12 comments

I took a look at Zig, I'm not impressed (twitter.com)

Programming Languages, Zig, Opinion

3 points by tosh 34 days ago | 0 comments

All-in-one multiplatform Zig binary (github.com/jcbhmr)
📦 All-in-one multiplatform Zig binary 🔀 Forked from ziglang/releases-cutter

Programming Languages, Software, New Releases, Open Source, Zig

6 points by jcbhmr 57 days ago | 0 comments

Mitchell Hashimoto: Zig Writings (mitchellh.com)
This page collects my writing about the 🦎 Zig programming language.

Programming Languages, Zig, Mitchell Hashimoto

20 points by signa11 57 days ago | 0 comments

Zdotenv – Dotenv Loader for Zig (github.com/BitlyTwiser)
Zdotenv is a simple .env parser and a port of godotenv and ruby dotenv, but with a smidge more simplicity.

Programming, .env, Zig, New Releases, Open Source

28 points by bitlytwiser 61 days ago | 9 comments

Zine: A Static Site Generator Written in Zig (kristoff.it)
Over the last year I worked on a static site generator written from scratch in Zig. It's called Zine, like in fanzine (wiki) and in this blog post I'll briefly present the reasons why I decided to create my own, and describe what's innovative about it.

Programming Languages, Zig

61 points by kristoff_it 64 days ago | 9 comments

Packed structs in Zig make bit/flag sets trivial (hexops.com)
As we’ve been building Mach engine, we’ve been using a neat little pattern in Zig that enables writing flag sets more nicely in Zig than in other languages.

Programming, Zig, Data Structures, Optimization

7 points by fanf2 69 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: HypergraphZ – A Hypergraph Implementation in Zig (github.com/yamafaktory)
HypergraphZ is a directed hypergraph implementation in Zig (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraph):

Programming Languages, Zig, Data Structures, Show HN, Hypergraphs

65 points by yamafaktory 73 days ago | 16 comments

Zig's Memcpy, CopyForwards and CopyBackwards (openmymind.net)

Zig, Programming Languages, Memory Management

34 points by todsacerdoti 79 days ago | 8 comments

Show HN: HyperZig – A Hypergraph Implementation in Zig (github.com/yamafaktory)

Programming, Data Structures, Zig, Hypergraphs

18 points by yamafaktory 85 days ago | 2 comments

Rust vs. Zig in Reality: A (Somewhat) Friendly Debate (thenewstack.io)