The Road to Zig 1.0

Explore the rapid progress of Zig, one of the youngest programming languages, towards its first production-ready release in this conference talk by creator Andrew Kelley. Gain insights into the justification for Zig's existence and discover its unique features through a comprehensive tour. Learn about current projects built with Zig and explore future possibilities upon reaching version 1.0. Engage with the presentation by bringing skepticism, challenging questions, and unconventional use cases. The talk covers topics such as Zig vs C code comparisons, preprocessor recap, error handling, stack traces, cleanup code, airsets, build systems, and Zig C. Conclude with a Q&A session to address audience inquiries.

Intro
C Code
C vs Zig
Preprocessor
Recap
Errors
Stack traces
Cleanup code
Airsets
Build System
Zig C
Thank you
Questions