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		BaculumMeumEst on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Porting 58k lines of D and C++ to Jai You can find the creator of Zig in those videos as well

mariusor on Nov 24, 2022 [–]

I think that even if Jai didn't directly inspire Odin and Zig, seeing Jon's enthusiasm for his new language influenced GingerBill and Andrew Kelley in their work. This is only the conjecture of someone on the side, but the timeline fits pretty well in my opinion.

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