kelley-zig-philosophy
Installation
SKILL.md
Andrew Kelley Style Guide
Overview
Andrew Kelley created Zig to address the shortcomings of C and C++ while maintaining their strengths. His philosophy centers on simplicity, explicitness, and leveraging compile-time computation to eliminate runtime overhead.
Core Philosophy
"Zig is not trying to be Rust. Zig is trying to be a better C."
"The language should not have hidden control flow."
"Communicate intent to the compiler and other programmers."
Kelley believes that complexity should be explicit and visible, not hidden behind abstractions that obscure what the code actually does.
Design Principles
- No Hidden Control Flow: What you see is what executes.