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# zig lang
A system programming language intended to replace C.
A system programming language which prioritizes optimality, safety, and
readability.
Zig intends to remain a small language, yet powerful enough to write
optimal, readable, safe, and concise code to solve any computing problem.
Zig is a small language, yet powerful enough to solve any computing problem.
Porting a C project to Zig should be a pleasant experience - every C feature
needs a corresponding Zig feature which solves the problem equivalently or
better.
Zig intends to replace C. Therefore, porting a C project to Zig should be a
pleasant experience. For every use case C can solve, the same use case must
be handled in Zig in an equally or more satisfying way.
Zig is not afraid to roll the major version number of the language if it
improves simplicity, fixes poor design decisions, or adds a new feature which
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than writing buggy code.
* No header files required. Top level declarations are entirely
order-independent.
* Powerful constant expression evaluator. Generally, anything that *can* be
figured out at compile time *is* figured out at compile time.
* Compile-time code execution. Compile-time reflection.
* Partial compile-time function evaluation with eliminates the need for
a preprocessor or macros.
* Tagged union enum type. No more accidentally reading the wrong union field.
* Generics so that one can write efficient data structures that work for any
data type.
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* Release mode produces heavily optimized code. What other projects call
"Link Time Optimization" Zig does automatically.
* Mark functions as tests and automatically run them with `zig test`.
* Supported architectures: `x86_64`, `i386`
* Supported operating systems: linux
* Currently supported architectures: `x86_64`, `i386`
* Currently supported operating systems: linux, macosx
* Friendly toward package maintainers. Reproducible build, bootstrapping
process carefully documented. Issues filed by package maintainers are
considered especially important.
* Easy cross-compiling.
* Eliminate the preprocessor, but (most) everything you can accomplish with
the preprocessor, you can accomplish directly in the language.
## Planned Features