Writing a Wayland Compositor in Zig - Isaac Freund

Why it was recommended

I loved his Zig+Wayland screencast [1], where he explained very engagingly how Zig is able to embrace and extend a pretty hairy C library

Strong recommendation1_player · Original2021-12

What it covers

Isaac Freund, author of the River Wayland compositor, talks about writing a Wayland compositor in Zig. He covers why he chose Zig over C and Rust and how Zig can wrap a. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Zig SHOWTIME

Length

42 min 20 sec

Year

2020

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