Zig is the one, y'all.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

Zig is the one, y'all. I've spent the past couple weeks sort of researching and tinkering with options for writing fast, compact, reliable, software in a pretty high level language, preferably without a lot of bullshit (e.g. C++ is a "high bullshit" language...not a bad language, not a language without its benefits, it can produce fast, compact, software, but using it involves a lot of bullshit).

Zig is the lowest bullshit language I think I've ever seen. Less than C, less than Go, even.

[deborahd@mas.to]

@swelljoe hi joe

[swelljoe@mas.to]

My particular blend of neurodiversity means bullshit is a major impediment. If I have to do two dozen steps before I can write and run code, I'll never do it. That's why like 90% of the stuff I build is bash or Python or Perl, because I can write them instantly, in-place, wherever I need it to work. Start vim, write the code, run the code, forget the code.