[bryango]

I hope we can have something that combines the meta-programming capabilities of Zig with the vast ecosystem, community and safety of Rust.

Looking at the language design, I really prefer Zig to Rust, but as an incompetent, amateur programmer, I couldn't write anything in Zig that's actually useful (or reliable), at least for now.

[norman784]

I Agree. I tried briefly Zig and quickly gave up because, as someone used to Rust, the compiler wasn't helping me find those issues at compile time. I know that Zig doesn't make those promises, but for me, it's a deal breaker, so I suppose Zig isn't the language for me.

On the other hand, I do like the concept of comptime vs Rust macros.

[raptorfactor]

Please keep the Rust community away from Zig. (I joke. Mostly...)