There are many languages that try to be a better C. For example Zig, D, C#, Swift, rust, Odin, etc. Has Hare some unique goals, or what sets it apart?

[–] Cloak@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Yujiri@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you want a TLDR of how it compares to other languages, I think this: https://drewdevault.com/2021/03/19/A-new-systems-language.html

First I've heard of Odin, I think most of the languages you list can't be considered true altneratives to C. A key aspect of C is manual memory management; probably any language with garbage collection cannot replace C in its appropriate use cases (kernels, interpreters, device drivers, etc).

My impression is that Hare aims to be drastically simpler than Rust, but borrows at least one major idea from it: pattern matching. I suspect a big reason Drew didn't consider Zig satisfactory is because of its lack of unicode string support. See this fascinating thread where he argues with the Zig developers about their decision to leave it out: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/234

[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

That is interesting. Thanks.