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Just a small suggestion, but:

> Zig intends to be so practical that people find themselves using it even if they dislike it.

feels awfully condescending to my ears personally, in an I'm-smarter-and-know-better-than-you kind of way, even if you didn't intend it like that.

Just my unsolicited $0.02, but I'd recommend a more objective and non-loaded description something along the lines of "Zig's primary motivation is practicality, and therefore avoids issues with C such as <x, y, z>".



To throw in dissenting opinion: I feel like that gets the point across to C programmers like me.


Agreed, the opening paragraphs talk about "overthrowing C", the release being "massive", lots of "I" and "my", and also the statement you highlighted.

I'm sure this an excellent language, but it sounds like it's written by a megalomaniac.

I'm sure it's not intended that way, but I would advise the author to tone it down a bit so people don't take it the wrong way.




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