Roc with Richard Feldman

About this episode

In this episode, Richard Feldman discusses the development of the Roc programming language and the transition from Rust to Zig.

Building a new programming language from scratch is a monumental undertaking. In this episode, we talk to Richard Feldman, creator of the Roc programming language, about building a functional language that is fast, friendly, and functional. We discuss why the Roc team moved away from using Rust as a host language and instead is in the process of migrating to Zig. What was the decision-making process like? What can Rust learn this decision? And how does Zig compare to Rust for this kind of systems programming work?

People in this episode

Host: Matthias Endler

Guest: Richard Feldman

Topics covered

• programming languages
• functional programming
• Rust
• Zig
• software development

Keywords

• Roc
• Richard Feldman
• Rust
• Zig
• programming language
• functional language
• software development

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Roc, Rust, Zig

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