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		AndyKelley on Aug 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimalit... I think the best language to do that in is C++. You write a C .h file, and then a C++ .cpp file that implements the C functions using the C++ API. Zig doesn't know how to use the C++ ABI. It's pretty complicated.

fspeech on Aug 29, 2016 [–]

You are right that C++ methods need to be invoked in C++ code. However C container types are too weak/inconvenient to wrap C++ code. I am wondering if something like Zig can be used to create STL like containers that can be used at the API level?

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