One thing nobody has pointed out yet - and this is not a knock on any language whatsoever but moreso a commentary on HN itself, so take it with a grain of salt, but: if you've followed this site since the beginning, programming languages cycle through here with a hype phase every few years like clockwork.
The one most people jump to from the past few years is Rust and/or Go, but we've experienced this with other languages like Lisp (& variants), Haskell, Scala had a small window, etc. Zig will no doubt have its own moment like this (if it's not already), and then the hype cycle will settle into wherever Zig is used best.
Think of it like a magnifying lens on overall programmer sentiment/interest.
The one most people jump to from the past few years is Rust and/or Go, but we've experienced this with other languages like Lisp (& variants), Haskell, Scala had a small window, etc. Zig will no doubt have its own moment like this (if it's not already), and then the hype cycle will settle into wherever Zig is used best.
Think of it like a magnifying lens on overall programmer sentiment/interest.