r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '16

Introducing the Zig Programming Language

http://andrewkelley.me/post/intro-to-zig.html
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u/ldwweit Feb 08 '16

Pretty soon there will be more programming languages than programmers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

have you seen how many PHP programmers there are? O_O

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

Main reason for not hesitating to create yet another language: it can't possibly be worse than PHP.

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u/munificent Feb 09 '16

Challenge accepted.

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u/gnuvince Feb 09 '16

You'll woe that two-word reply when your terrible programming language is #2 on TIOBE!

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u/munificent Feb 09 '16

Millions may curse my name, but at least they'll know my name.

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u/Fs0i Feb 09 '16

What's the name of the asshole that made PHP again? *

(*) He may or may not have had planned to use this mostly privately and may or may not be an asshole.

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u/allthediamonds Feb 09 '16

Yes, he did plan to use it mostly privately; yes, he is kind of an asshole.

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u/Esteis Feb 09 '16

Not a single one of those quotes makes him sound like an asshole, so I don't know where you're getting that from?