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Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
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IIRC, the difference here is that Zig's plan had always been to make their own compiler, but had to use LLVM to get started and, more cynically, to try and get some LLVM contributors interested in the project so they could essentially poach them.
I am pretty sure I have seen a video interview of Andrew Kelley transparently saying that ages ago but I'll try and find it to link it here.
I've never even heard of Zig before today and it's right out of the gate with drama, cat fights, and public spats. Got to love the programming world.
Tbh zig is as chill as an iceberg compared to rust! I really appreciate the mindset of "c with rough edges removed" that zig promotes. Already using it in our companies stm32 projects