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People are asking why they would switch from zig to rust. I wonder the opposite: why would anyone would use zig over rust?


Yeah, it's not clear. Especially the rise of LLMs is going to chip away Zig's strong points (simplicity at the cost of lesser safety) as time goes on. Which might be a part of why they're so stressed about it.




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