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Learn Zig (https://github.com/ziglang/zig). Aims to be lightweight alternative to Rust, similar to how C is lightweight alternative to C++. Both Zig and Rust use LLVM backend and borrow some concepts from the LLVM IR.

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Zig is nice. It's the type of programming language I'd write if I didn't want to do anything novel and just wanted to make something a little better than what's out there currently. It's not the future, but it's better than the present.

Thanks for the pointer. I’m interested as well in learning rust.

Unfortunate name though.

Lol why?

I'd guess because of its "decaying" connotations.

I'm personally not a fan of the bang! operator for macros, and the ' lifetime symbol choice. Might seem minor but they just leap out at me for some reason as irritating syntax choices.

“Pointer”

Pun unintended?

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