goto: "The Ideal Programming Language" Zig?

Interesting and well informed discussion about programming languages.

"no one language for all purposes", but there are common "ergonomic" and "system" requirements

GOTOpia: The Ideal Programming Language

Clojure? Elm? Roc? Zig?!

The Ideal Programming Language • Richard Feldman & Erik Doernenburg • GOTO 2021 - YouTube

The Roc Programming Language

possible alternative for Rust lang:

Home ⚡ Zig Programming Language

• No hidden control flow.
• No hidden memory allocations.
• No preprocessor, no macros.
• Call any function at compile-time.
• Manipulate types as values without runtime overhead.
• Comptime emulates the target architecture.
• Use Zig as a zero-dependency, drop-in C/C++ compiler that supports cross-compilation out-of-the-box.

ziglang/zig: General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software. @GitHub

Learn ⚡ Zig Programming Language

Code Examples ⚡ Zig Programming Language

why most of them "need" { curly braces? }

Zig (programming language) - Wikipedia