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Is there a good "Why Zig" writeup motivating the language?

I've been looking around their web site and the only thing I could find was pretty generic:

Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

In addition to the other recommendations, the Zig Zen[0] and The Road to Zig 1.0[1] are pretty convincing.

[0] https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#Zen

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv2I7qTux7g

That Road to Zig talk is a must watch. I keep coming back to it. More than the language, I love how much conviction Andrew has in his vision for Zig.

Yes, there is a "why Zig when..." page in the "learn" section:

https://ziglang.org/learn/why_zig_rust_d_cpp/

It's in the "learn" section: https://ziglang.org/learn/why_zig_rust_d_cpp/

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