Zig
Zig is a system programming language designed to be a general-purpose improvement to the C programming language. It is free and open-source software, released under an MIT License. Wikipedia
Created Year: 2015Developed by: Andrew Kelley
Aliases: Ziglang, Zig language, Zig programming language
File extensions: zig, zon
Wikidata: Q51885456
Influenced: Mojo
Influenced by: C • C++ • Go • JavaScript • Rust
Programming paradigms: imperative programming • procedural programming • generic programming • concurrent computing • functional programming
Language types: procedural programming language • compiled language • functional programming language • systems programming language • imperative programming language • general-purpose programming language • multi-paradigm 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", .{});
}
Free Zig books, articles, documentation
- Introduction to Zig - Pedro Duarte Faria (HTML)
- Zig Guide (HTML)
- Zig Language Reference - DevDocs
- Zig Language Reference (HTML)
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