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Simple answer: Anywhere you'd use C, and want a nicer language. So: embedded, operating systems, drivers, compilers, PC applications etc.

I would love to try it out with a serious project, but am waiting on libs like HALs for microcontrollers, GPU API bindings, GUIs etc to mature to a usable point.

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Well, I use C++ for that today and don't see much benefit in switching really. Switching to a memory-safe language is something that I can support and even sell to my team, but switching to just a "simpler" language I'm not sure...

Note that use after free story is the same as in C and C++, using a debug allocator.

I noticed you used scare quotes...is that because you and your team don't think simplicity is valuable?

The Zig stdlib and comptime features like generics and type inspection go way beyond C (and in parts also beyond C++ and Rust) though (e.g. Zig is much more than "just" a C replacement).

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