Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust , optimal and reusable software.
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Ever since git init ten years ago , Zig has been hosted on GitHub. Unfortunately, when it sold out to Microsoft , the clock started ticking . “Please just give me 5 years before everything goes to shit,” I thought to myself. And here we are, 7 years later, living on borrowed time.
In the United States, people look at you funny if you tell them you are starting a non-profit.
This blog post is inspired by this GitHub issue from three days ago: Support WASIX ( see also )
Zig Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which I am proud to say makes extremely efficient use of monetary resources . Unlike many of our peers, our primary expense is direct payments to contributors for their enhancements to the Zig project.
Zig Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which I am proud to say makes extremely efficient use of monetary resources . Unlike many of our peers, our primary expense is direct payments to contributors for their enhancements to the Zig project.
The donation is structured in two 150k USD payments, one due right away, the second one year from now.