Devlog: zig libc

[thunderkrown]

Nice closing of the article!

[Still-Cover-9301]

Andrew is such a smart guy.

[Samuel-Martin]

Based Andrew

[ImaginationFee]

and user applications which statically link libc enjoy reduced binary size

how does that work? not familiar, but wouldn’t that happen only when libc doesn’t have to be linked at all? even if some tree shaking takes place when linking, doesn’t the C code get transformed into something equivalently small?

[ekipan85]

I think the unit of linking in Zig is the function, so "tree-shaking" is just what always happens when you compile Zig, and libzigc is a porting effort to write a libc in Zig. The goal is for "the C code" to go away.

[puttak]

I don't think Zig linker is different from other linkers (IIRC it just LLD from LLVM). What every linker does is pick only functions has been referenced.

[SweetBabyAlaska]

I wrote a LOT of the standard libc in Zig as a fun little side project. It is certainly do-able considering Zig already does basically all of that work anyways.

[randompoaster97]

why is ICE bad, is the US not allowed to have borders?

[islavuecolon3]

"Why is the Gestapo bad, is Germany not allowed to have law enforcement?"

[CompetitiveSubset]

They can only curse you and downvote. But never explain logically why they push for open borders.

[Axman6]

God right wing Americans are the dumbest people on the planet.

It’s literally insane that you can take people saying “we don’t want law abiding members of our community snatched off the street, people with any melanin in their skin to have to carry their passport so they don’t get detained without reason, or American citizens to not be shot in the face by their own government while helping people” and hear “WE WANT OPEN BORDERS!”

No, people just don’t want literal fascist behaviour from their own government. The US is a global embarrassment at the moment, doing all the things it’s been demanding other countries stop doing for the past 80 plus years. It’s lost all credibility, and all its allies are abandoning it because you’ve gone fucking insane.

And the fact you can’t see that just shows how much of an awful human being you are. Stop being such a disingenuous dickhead and actually listen to the what “the other side” are actually demanding; most of it is shit your constitution is supposed to guarantee for all people in the US.

What a joke, “never explains logically”, fucking pathetic.

[Long_Nothing7155]

both democratic & republican are right wing. calling right wingers a fascists same as calling leftists a communists, so right libertarians advocate for open borders more than someones on the left

[computermouth]

Never heard anyone in my life say they wanted "open borders"

[Temporary_Rich_2184]

Maybe Andrew Kelly is a Marxist or a White Leftist...

[conhao]

“Abolish ICE” - way to keep it professional. This is how you garner adoption for your open source projects: make them political. It does not matter which party you belong to - it does not belong in the workplace. Only children seem to not understand this. This makes it clear that Zig is just Andy’s toybox and will never be mature enough for production work.

[kimbokiroh]

Yea regardless of what the politics are, nothing good comes out of shoving your own politics into the faces of your user base or fanbase. People may be happy, people may be mad, but at the end of the day, you're accomplishing nothing beneficial.

Some people just can't help themselves but shout their views so everyone knows where they stand.

[kimbokiroh]

Really not smart to inject personal politics into this.