[HN Gopher] Zig 0.9.0
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       Zig 0.9.0
        
       Author : von_lohengramm
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2021-12-20 22:26 UTC (33 minutes ago)
        
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       | ModernMech wrote:
       | Is there a story behind the cartoon lizards? Are they like the
       | Zig mascot or something? Seems like they only started appearing
       | since the last release, but they're not explained (unless I
       | missed it).
        
         | xtian wrote:
         | They are ziguanas :)
        
           | ModernMech wrote:
           | Okay thanks! One thing I like best about programming
           | languages are the particularities of the cultures that spring
           | up around them.
        
       | spekcular wrote:
       | Exciting stuff. How far away is Zig 1.0, roughly?
        
       | vladharbuz wrote:
       | I don't know if string handling has been improved, but it's one
       | of the few things stopping me from using Zig. I look forward to
       | 1.0, which will hopefully have proper strings. [0]
       | 
       | [0]: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/234
        
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