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Zig's New BitCast Semantics and LLVM Back End Improvements

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Zig, the systems programming language, released updates to its bit cast semantics and LLVM back-end. According to the devlog, these improvements refine type casting at the lowest levels and boost compiler performance—welcome news for developers writing systems code.

Source: https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-06-25

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