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Zig as a Coping Mechanism
- Andrew Kelly initially resisted the urge to build Zig.
- A breakup led him to start Zig as a coping mechanism, and he never looked back.
Static Linking in Zig
- Zig defaults to static linking on Linux.
- This eliminates library dependencies and ensures binaries work across distributions.
Zig and Go
- Go's static binaries still often depend on glibc.
- Zig offers a solution by enabling fully static Linux binaries for Go programs.