Zig Plans on Removing LLVM Libraries.
Seems like zig is about to take on a massive task. I'm curious how well they'll reach their goals.
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View original on pawb.socialSeems like zig is about to take on a massive task. I'm curious how well they'll reach their goals.
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It's stated in the issue that it's just a proposal for now. Personally I never considered zig because I didn't know that it could act as a c/c++ compiler, knowing about this I'm a little bit more interested in checking zig out (as a game dev a lot of my libraries are c/c++ only). I'm pretty sure having this feature stripped off could be a major blocker for a wider adoption of tbe language
I personally like seeing what's being made in the world of programming languages. So, I keep tabs on any promising project. But, yeah, I definitely agree that the loss of C++ and C compilation would be huge blow to Zig.
If someone finds themselves wanting what LLVM does, but doesn't want to link against LLVM (which is fair) then I might point them to QBE https://c9x.me/compile/
Ye, QBE looks like a great starting point for code-gen. I've actually been reading into it in the hopes of starting my own project (tho, not at the ambition of Zig).