Why Ghostty is written in Zig (not Rust or Go)

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  @SamFerree · 1 year ago

  Zig isn't for everybody but when I found it, it was exactly what I was looking for.

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  @lyrahotdog · 1 year ago

  I love that his argument was &quot;it&apos;s fun.&quot;<br><br>I honestly can&apos;t think of a better reason to use a language.

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  @daven9536 · 1 year ago

  The aspect of fun cannot be understated. You can be as professional and disciplined as you want - the moment you&apos;re having fun, you are more productive and your output is just better by a substantial margin.

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  @AloisMahdal · 1 year ago

  I do think there&apos;s a (non-engineering, not-so concrete) argument for choosing a language that you like: it&apos;s just higher morale of the team, and that actually does count a lot.

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• LI

  @lifelover69 · 1 year ago

  VDD - Vibes Driven Development :goodvibes:

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  @samjiman · 1 year ago

  Because Mitchell likes Zig. Sometimes it&apos;s that simple. Yes, there are other modern languages other than Rust.

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  @MrLOPIU22 · 1 year ago

  I discovered Zig a while ago and recently started going deeper into the language, really loving so far. It was exactly the same reason that made me stick to Zig and enjoy it, I wanted a modern and better C and Zig fits that really well

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  @benji511-j7g · 1 year ago

  That&apos;s a great self aware setup to this question, subbed

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  @w-Nicksen · 1 month ago

  Very valid. If you love what you do, you&apos;ll inevitably find a way to do it well. 🙂

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  @nonya69 · 1 year ago

  Wow ThePrimeagen said effectively the same thing. It makes me want to try Zig. Professionally I am a C# developer. I&apos;m learning C right now and I&apos;m really loving it. I hope it never dies although Zig sounds like a worthy replacement

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  @johnwu6666 · 1 year ago

  Having fun writing in a language is such a good point upon choosing, recently having fun writing in golang, gotta try zig in some future projects.

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  @TheSuperÞiger2011 · 1 year ago

  I am learning and quite enjoying rust, though I may give zig a try as well, seems like something I would quite like as well.

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