Fuck ZIG (and maybe low-level programming in general?)

I started lightly coding when I was like 14 - modifying HTML & CSS on myspace. My first real language was Java when I learned to develop Android when I was probably 19. I have since become extremely proficient in PHP and Javascript, decently proficient in Bash, and I've quite frankly forgotten all things Java. I'm 34 now. Not long ago, I listened to a 2 hour long interview with the creator of Zig, a modern low-level programming language. It is still under-development. I guess it aims to do the same things C does, but ... suck slightly less and be slightly less prone to bugs & security vulnerabilities (though I know it doesn't go as far as Rust). I liked the founder. I liked his anti-ai stance. I like learning new things. I like programming. But this fucking language man, I just can't. I am out of patience for it, after about ... 8 hours or so, across 3 different days. Early in the process, there were some ... things that were weird. And poorly documented. Like how do I declare a…

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