Why Ghostty is written in Zig (not Rust or Go)

Mitchell Hashimoto explains his reasoning behind picking Zig for Ghostty, his open source terminal emulator. A clip from "The Changelog" podcast. Full audio 👉 https://changelog.fm/622 Subscribe for more! 👇 Apple: https://changelog.fm/apple Spotify: https://changelog.fm/spotify Android: https://changelog.fm/android Overcast: https://changelog.fm/overcast Email: https://changelog.fm/email Twitter: https://twitter.com/changelog Mastodon: https://changelog.social/@changelog #podcast #software #opensource #programming #softwareengineering #coding #oss #foss #development