Zig: The Honest Systems Language You Have Been Ignoring

A practical introduction for developers who want control without chaos What Is Zig? If you have been writing C for years and quietly resenting it, or if you tried Rust and got intimidated by the borrow checker on day two, Zig might be the language you have been waiting for. Zig is a general-purpose systems programming language created by Andrew Kelley in 2016. It is free, open-source (MIT licensed), and designed with one clear ambition: be a better C. Not a replacement for Rust, not a competitor