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Zig is an imperative, general-purpose, statically typed, compiled system programming language designed by Andrew Kelley. It is free and open-source software, released under an MIT License. Wikipedia

Created Year: 2015
Developed by: Andrew Kelley
Aliases: Ziglang, Zig language, Zig programming language
File extensions: zig

Wikidata: Q51885456

Influenced by: CC++GoJavaScriptRust

Programming paradigms: concurrent computingfunctional programminggeneric programmingimperative programmingprocedural programming

Language types: compiled languagefunctional programming languagegeneral-purpose programming languageimperative programming languagemulti-paradigm programming languageprocedural programming languagesystems programming language

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Hello World in Zig

const std = @import("std");

pub fn main() !void {
    const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
    try stdout.print("Hello World", .{});
}

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