Understanding the Odin Programming Language

(odinbook.com)

36 points | by AlexeyBrin 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • pseudony 23 minutes ago
    Having fun with this.

    Never bought into rust (have studied, have a (mostly AI-generated app in rust).

    Wrote some Zig but Odin is even less overhead for me. I first loved Zigs built-in build system but having tried to wrap/use C libraries from both, I must say I prefer Odin. Wrapping some sqlite 3 API’s for my first little Odin program - just because I need so little of the API that it seems easier this way - and speaking to C from Odin is a pleasure.

    That is, imho, where Rust fails the most - the second part is the C++’ish approach to memory management (RAII) - that’s not how systems programming or games (I’m told) tend to work.

    To each their own. I had some fun with Rust too, but for me, Odin seems the most appealing :)

    • CyberDildonics 2 minutes ago
      That is, imho, where Rust fails the most - the second part is the C++’ish approach to memory management (RAII) - that’s not how systems programming or games (I’m told) tend to work.

      What does this mean? Who told you that?

  • Razengan 10 minutes ago
    This was a pretty funny video for a language launch:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLPAqXi9In0

  • jdw64 1 hour ago
    [dead]