On: Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safety, and readability

[z0xcd]

One question: Why is Zig implemented in C++? What was the reason behind the choice?

[AndyKelley → z0xcd]

It's mostly C, with some templates sprinkled in.

Zig depends on libclang and LLVM. Both of these are C++ APIs. Both expose a C API wrapper, but with not all features exposed that zig needs to use.