Zig aims to be a simple language. It is not easy to define what simple exactly means, but zig is also a low-level programming language that aims for c-compatibility. To reach this goal, it needs good semantics in its type system so that developers have a complete toolbox to manipulate data.
So types in zig are composable, but this can become rapidly overwhelming. See those examples. Are you able to understand them at a glance, as soon as you read them?
*const ?u8
?*const u8
*const [2]u8
| import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue; | |
| public class ConsumerTask implements Runnable { | |
| private static final int H1 = 0; | |
| private static final int H2 = 1; | |
| private static final int H3 = 2; | |
| private static final int H4 = 3; | |
| final static int LIMIT = 100; |
| package fpmax | |
| import scala.util.Try | |
| import scala.io.StdIn.readLine | |
| object App0 { | |
| def main: Unit = { | |
| println("What is your name?") | |
| val name = readLine() |
| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| '''Crop an image to just the portions containing text. | |
| Usage: | |
| ./crop_morphology.py path/to/image.jpg | |
| This will place the cropped image in path/to/image.crop.png. | |
| For details on the methodology, see |
| #include <iostream> | |
| #include <iterator> | |
| #include <functional> | |
| #include <algorithm> | |
| #include <queue> | |
| #include <vector> | |
| #include <set> | |
| #include <sstream> | |
| #include <string> |