New Aarch64 Back End
9 months ago
- #Zig
- #Compiler
- #Performance
- New Aarch64 Backend introduced by Andrew Kelley & Jacob Young, passing 79% of behavior tests with significant performance improvements.
- Zig Roadmap 2026 discussed in a scheduled Zig SHOWTIME episode.
- Parallel Self-Hosted Code Generation implemented, improving compilation speed by 5% to 50%.
- Self-Hosted x86 Backend now default in Debug mode, outperforming LLVM in compilation speed.
- Intro to the Zig Build System video released by Loris Cro, explaining package creation and module import.
- FreeBSD and NetBSD Cross-Compilation Support added, enabling binary builds for these targets.
- Website updated to Zine 0.10.0, transitioning to a standalone executable with new features.
- Improved UBSan Error Messages now provide clear diagnostics for undefined behavior in C interop.
- No-Libc Zig now outperforms Glibc Zig in memory allocation and performance benchmarks.
- LLDB Fork for Zig developed by Alex Rønne Petersen, enhancing debugging support for self-hosted backends.