Dnia wtorek, 1 września 2026 19:21:44 CEST [email protected] pisze: > Zig is, apparently, a fresh new better version of c. For people not using > plan9, there will be obvious interest in it. Plan9 already has a better > version of c. Assuming that zig eventually stabilizes, does it offer any > innovations that, if incorporated into plan9 c would make it better? would > there be any point in re-writing plan9 in zig, the way others have > re-written it in rust?
It offers the obvious innovation of being portable and able to compile everything to every target with a single toolchain (which is already present in Plan 9), just like Go does. I'm currently working on bringing back Plan 9 support to upstream Zig (it once worked but nobody seriously maintained it, and subsequently it got removed). The first step is to get cross-compilation on a Linux host to work (producing native Plan 9 executables). If you want to help, take a look and maybe wait for me to submit the next batch of my work upstream (soon™). - Arusekk ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td859d3c6cefc922f-Mcf5502c9cae4f2aa1414cbee Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
