Squirrel (programming language) VS Zig

Squirrel would like to have a word with this comment. Source: almost 2 years ago

* https://v8docs.nodesource.com/node-7.10/d5/dda/classv8_1_1_isolate.html#a24647f61d6b41f69668094bdcd6ea91f A project I worked on had a few points where it had to explicitly call GC multiple times back to back. Intertwined references from C++ -> Squirrel[1] -> C++ -> Squirrel meant the first GC would finalize some C++ objects, which would unroot some Squirrel objects, which would allow some more C++ objects fo be... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

When writing code in a scripting language, sometimes you need that extra bit of performance (or maybe an async feature from Zig). - Source: dev.to / 24 days ago

NodeJS is by no means a slow runtime, it wouldn’t be so popular if it was. But compared to Bun, it’s slow. Bun was built from the ground up with speed in mind, using both JavascriptCore and Zig. The Bun team spent an enormous amount of time and energy trying to make Bun fast, including lots of profiling, benchmarking, and optimizations. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

You may find Zig interesting: https://ziglang.org. The language is not C compatible but the tooling can compile C and C++ without hassle. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Zig describes itself as "... a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software.". Sounds very generic, eh? - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

Rust is much more akin to C++ than C in terms of complexity. It's early but Zig[1] might fit the bill. [1] https://ziglang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago