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		jedisct1 on June 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zap – Fast backends in Zig The Zig compiler itself is a good example: https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-self-hosted-now-what/ "The new self-hosted compiler reduces memory usage 3x compared to the old C++ implementation"

dangets on June 14, 2023 [–]

Have to point out that this includes second system optimizations. Just porting C over to Zig won't give you that 3x reduction. For others, I also highly recommend the video linked in that blog post.

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