**Andrew Kelley** @andrewrk@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2025, 01:37

**Andrew Kelley** @andrewrk@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2025, 01:37

Andrew Kelley @andrewrk@mastodon.social

Thanks to a colossal amount of work by Jacob Young, the x86_64 backend of Zig is now passing 101% of the behavior tests compared to the LLVM backend.

Or perhaps put another way, the LLVM backend is passing 99% of the behavior tests compared to the x86_64 backend 😉

Still a few more issues to tackle before it can be made the default, however.

**Life is Tetris** @tetrislife@qoto.org · 2025-02-09T04:36:50Z

Life is Tetris @tetrislife@qoto.org

@andrewrk I guess you Ziglers define the term "feasible" differently than others 😃 IIRC only OCaml (and ATS) have their own backends.

**ssmid** @ssmid@mas.to · Feb 09, 2025, 08:28

**ssmid** @ssmid@mas.to · Feb 09, 2025, 08:28

ssmid @ssmid@mas.to

@tetrislife @andrewrk Go also, if I'm not mistaken

**Life is Tetris** @tetrislife@qoto.org · Feb 09, 2025, 09:10

**Life is Tetris** @tetrislife@qoto.org · Feb 09, 2025, 09:10

Life is Tetris @tetrislife@qoto.org

@ssmid must be, yes. Somehow, I don't see it as the kind of language #Zig, #OCaml or #ATS are, as in improving on incumbents.