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@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ Zig instead of e.g. cmake.
* Compile units do not depend on libc unless explicitly linked.
* Provides standard library which competes with the C standard library and is
always compiled against statically in source form.
* Pointer types do not allow the null value. Instead you can use a maybe type
which has several syntactic constructs to ensure that the null pointer is
not missed.
* Nullable type instead of null pointers.
* Tagged union type instead of raw unions.
* Generics so that one can write efficient data structures that work for any
data type.
* Provides an error type with several syntatic constructs which makes writing
robust code convenient and straightforward. Writing correct code is easier
than writing buggy code.
@ -30,15 +31,10 @@ Zig instead of e.g. cmake.
* Compile-time code execution. Compile-time reflection.
* Partial compile-time function evaluation with eliminates the need for
a preprocessor or macros.
* Tagged union enum type. No more accidentally reading the wrong union field.
* Generics so that one can write efficient data structures that work for any
data type.
* Easy to parse language so that humans and machines have no trouble with the
syntax.
* The binaries produced by Zig have complete debugging information so you can,
for example, use GDB to debug your software.
* Debug mode optimizes for fast compilation time and crashing when undefined
behavior *would* happen.
* Debug mode optimizes for fast compilation time and crashing with a stack trace
when undefined behavior *would* happen.
* Release mode produces heavily optimized code. What other projects call
"Link Time Optimization" Zig does automatically.
* Mark functions as tests and automatically run them with `zig test`.
@ -49,12 +45,12 @@ Zig instead of e.g. cmake.
* Zig Build System competes with make, cmake, autotools, SCons, etc.
* In addition to creating executables, creating a C library is a primary use
case. You can export an auto-generated .h file.
* Currently supported architectures:
* `x86_64`
* Currently supported operating systems:
* `linux`
* `freestanding`
* Support for all popular operating systems and architectures is planned.
* Standard library supports OS abstractions for:
* `x86_64` `linux`
* Support for all popular operating systems and architectures is planned.
* For Operating System development, Zig supports all architectures that LLVM
does. All the standard library that does not depend on an OS is available
to you in freestanding mode.
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