> I don’t know Zig’s particular strategy and terminology for language and compiler development
Indeed you don't ... perhaps you should have asked.
> I would assume
Generally a bad idea.
> which could have previously happened, IDK
Indeed you don't. Perhaps you should have asked.
Check the response from the language BDFN, Andrew Kelley.
This seems unnecessarily hostile. They are asking. Here.
They literally ended the comment by asking. I don't get why you're criticizing them for providing context that they're not an expert. You're literally distracting from the comment you're telling them has useful information on it, but in a weirdly aggressive way.