alt Hacker NewsZig's incremental builds are DEFINITELY a killer feature. In the short term, I could see why you'd make a switch to get it. But, in the medium term, can we really not expect to see this in Rust in the somewhat near future?
I want to go fast, but I don't want to go fast just to shoot my foot off.
If only somehow we could get Rust's safety with all of Zig's features and Go's runtime without GC...
That's what I'm working on building [=
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This is being worked on: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/roadmap-...
Most of the goals on this page are targeted for this year.
Layperson here: what is special about Go's runtime, aside from the GC?
Instead of waiting for faster compiler in Rust, how about from the other direction, adding some kind of borrow checker to Zig? That sounds more within reach and practically achievable, possibly even in userland.
> if only somehow we could get Rust's safety with all of Zig's features
i periodically throw my unused codex tokens at this:
Rust's compile times will get faster long before Zig gets safer.