[pjmlp]

It has C style interfaces, meaning structs with function pointers.

Which is basically how most device drivers in OSes that happen to be written in C, including UNIX flavours, work.

[metaltyphoon]

We all know that OP wasn't asking about THAT kind of interface and more "please create vtables for me" style of interface

[pjmlp]

That is too much compiler magic for Zig folks.

[AndyKelley]

You know, I used to be annoyed by all your consistently shitty remarks in any zig related HN thread, but these days, it's refreshing to have an unpleasant interaction with a human.

Sincerely, thanks for all your hand-written hatred.

[pjmlp]

It goes both ways, when I see remarks regarding other languages from Zig community folks, not from you directly.

Modula-2 like safety is still better than C will ever be, though.

Yeah, it will be human as far as I can take it, cheers.

[baranul]

Perhaps it can be a relief to make assessments about a couple of newer C alternative languages[1][2]. Zen C appears to be moving up very quickly, and even has autofree.

[1]: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c (C3)

[2]: https://github.com/zenc-lang/zenc (Zen C)

[slopinthebag]

That's a hack, not an interface lol

[lukaslalinsky]

You would be terrified if you realized how the whole C-based GNOME/GTK ecosystem works :)

[spiffyk]

How is it a hack? I mean, you may not like the fact that Zig does not provide syntax sugar for interfaces, but how exactly do you think they are implemented in languages that do?

[pjmlp]

As plenty of other things in an "everything is explicit" language, whose goal is to be a safer C and nothing else.

The "module" system is another hack.