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I would agree with you. I don't use C++, it is too much of a mess.

Then you can appreciate a language that tries to make sure the ecosystem does not become a mess :^)

Rust seems like a good middle ground.

Iirc you can handle allocation failures there now too, which I have often seen being criticized

But Zig certainly isn't that language, because not having the right abstractions always results in a mess. I mean, just read the article.

Trying to solve problems in one language as though it was a completely different language that has a different philosophy is the problem.

I am not using Zig, there is no problem here.