I have a really big software project which is stalled because I'm hitting bugs I can't resolve trying to write it in C. So I've been thinking for some years about using a different implementation language, and was leaning towards #Rust. Recently, I've started looking seriously at #Zig.
Comparisons between Rust, #Go and Zig:
https://sinclairtarget.com/blog/2025/08/thoughts-on-go-vs.-rust-vs.-zig/
https://dev.to/dev_tips/zig-rust-go-i-tried-3-low-level-languages-and-heres-what-im-sticking-with-4gpp
https://betterstack.com/community/guides/scaling-go/rust-vs-go-vs-zig/
https://ziglang.org/learn/why_zig_rust_d_cpp/
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But! Compiling the `master` branch of Zig requires LLVM 21, which is not available from @Debian for #Debian13trixie, and the #apt repository at https://apt.llvm.org, which does have the package, has a dodgy signature, so the package won't install.
So either I have to move to an unstable operating system release, which I could do but doesn't thrill me, or I have to compile LLVM 21 from scratch, which seems like a major side project.
Here be dragons.