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For CLI tools, the program usually only executes for a few seconds and then returns. In this context, you don't even need arena allocators or any memory managem
by vanyle 1y ago
For CLI tools, the program usually only executes for a few seconds and then returns. In this context, you don't even need arena allocators or any memory management at all. You can write the tool in C with malloc and let the OS free the memory at the end without worry.
You could argue with the reasoning that C feels more practical than Zig for real-world CLI tools.
The argument provided by the author feels a bit besides the point.