r/odinlang

A chatter asked how they compare in his stream today (ongoing as I write this) and I found it refreshing to hear.

I don't have anything against Zig, I like it quite a lot- it would probably be my language of choice were Odin not a thing, but it seems to be more or less impossible to read discussions about Odin without comparisons to Zig cropping up.

I've found this to be a tad frustrating because I also feel they're vastly different. I understand why people categorise them similarly, they're both systems languages with aims that roughly sound like "a nicer C with modern features," but I think you can only mistake them as similar if you haven't spent much time with one of them.

It feels like Zig often being mentioned when Odin is discussed connects a bit to what gingerBill said in his Marketing the Odin Programming Language is Weird blog.

Zig really does have the "killer features" that make the merit of a language easy to comprehend, which is something Odin lacks, and it is simple to rattle of those features when drawing comparisons.

In my experience with Odin, the accumulation of quality of life features, things you discover that simply make your life so much easier on the micro-scale, is what makes it such a pleasure to work with.

Those things will rarely mean much to someone who hasn't experienced them first-hand. I think that, rather than any actual lack of value, is one reason that discussions/comparisons often slant in Zig's direction. I've read so many comments from people that say something along the lines of "I just don't get the point of Odin" - which is not something I can say I've seen said about Zig.

So, it is nice to hear someone with an audience emphasise how different they are rather than leaning into comparisons that are unlikely to highlight what it is that Odin offers - even if it was just an offhand response to a viewer!

i've been making a library for text rendering for the past few months and i have done a lot of rewrites and i feel kinda stuck so your help will be greatly appreciated. Currently when i read the tables i get a stack overflow and i think scaler type really shouldn't be THAT big (the font i'm using is AdwaitaMono-Bold). there is quite a lot of files so you can find everything over on my github

I made a small build system for Odin (called Spear)

I originally put it together while experimenting with my own projects, mostly because I wanted a simple way to manage multiple external libraries.

The idea is pretty straightforward: you define "collections" for libraries, have a couple of targets (like game/test), and a minimal config file.

Right now it supports:

• init / build / run (and little more)
• simple TOML config
• multiple targets
• basic compiler options

It's very minimal and probably missing a lot of things, but maybe it's useful for someone or at least interesting to look at.

Repo:

https://github.com/okkamitsuki/spear

https://github.com/xb-bx/barbarian
Just a simple status bar for people who need a simple status bar.

I wrote it almost a year ago because I've got a bit frustrated with the way you define menus in Waybar. Ive been using it ever since. Perhaps, it will be useful for someone else.

Hey, I'd like to share Tina HTTP — A HTTP/1.1 server framework/library built on Tina concurrency framework. It passes 33/33 spec compliance check using uNetworking/h1spec for compliance check. There is some API reference guide in the README but there are a few examples to show how to use it.

• Basic example

• Server-sent event example

• Datastar example using the experimental/alpha SDK

See the [README](https://github.com/pmbanugo/tina/tree/main/examples) for running the examples or for using the HTTP library API. Here's info if you want to verify the compliance check.

I'll write and share a blog post about the architecture and how it's built on Tina Isolates. But the example and rough doc should have good enough detail for anyone who wants to try it and leave feedback.

Looking forward to you trying it and sharing your thoughts/feedback.