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Zig as an alternative to writing unsafe Rust
There are endless debates online about Rust vs. Zig, this post explores a side of the argument I don't think is mentioned enough.
Crafting elegant abstractions
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There are endless debates online about Rust vs. Zig, this post explores a side of the argument I don't think is mentioned enough.
The ultimate type-level trickery
TLDR; I'm making a Typescript type-checker in Rust. Right now it supports a smaller subset of the type-system and exists as a fun side-project, but the end goal is a compilation tool we can use to make Typescript compilation go brrrr...
The answer is "very often"