I'll check on Zig, that is a new one for me! Thanks, Russ On Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 03:01:13 PM CDT, Carl Distefano <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > IMO, with the state of current hardware and architecture, C or C++ > would be a suitable source language. IMO, to truly revitalize XyWrite and bring it into the 21st century, it should be recreated in a modern, memory-safe language, one that future coders (human or otherwise) will want to continue to develop for generations that follow us. The obvious choice, at this point in time, would be Rust, which has been embraced by the tech giants and by Linux developers, among others. Another highly suitable choice would be Zig, which has been called the C of the future (and which integrates tightly with legacy C code). Zig is a systems programming language which, like C, works well for general purposes.) It hasn't reached version 1.0 yet, but current and recent versions are rock solid. Moreover, it may well have reached v1.0 and beyond if and by the time all this becomes a live issue. (I support the Zig Software Foundation and use the language for personal purposes but have no financial interest in it.) -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxxxx