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Bootstrapping a Compiler via WASM with Loris Cro

Software Unscripted

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What Is Comp Time and Zig?

Zig has one unified system where basically the language can do a little bit more with comp time known things. There is no runtime type in information in Zig, but we can use some of the same constructs that other languages offer you through generics and macros. And that's what we use also to implement our multi platform support. We have a comp time switch a comp time statement that for example, selects the right OS support based on what platform you're trying to target.

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