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README.md
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Welcome to `ziglings`! This project contains a series of tiny broken programs.
By fixing them, you'll learn how to read and write
[Zig](https://ziglang.org/)
code!
code.
Those tiny broken programs need your help! (You'll also help some friendly
elephants stick together, which is very sweet of you.)
This project was directly inspired by the brilliant and fun
[rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)
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## Getting Started
Install a [master build](https://ziglang.org/download/) of the Zig compiler.
Install a [development build](https://ziglang.org/download/) of the Zig compiler.
(See the "master" section of the downloads page.)
Verify the installation and version of `zig` like so:
Verify the installation and build version of `zig` like so:
```bash
$ zig version
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## A Note About Versions
The Zig language is under very active development. Ziglings will attempt to
be current, but not bleeding-edge. However, sometimes fundamental changes
will happen. Ziglings will check for a minimum version and build number.
(See Getting Started above for the current minimum.)
The Zig language is under very active development. In order to be current,
Ziglings tracks development builds of the Zig compiler rather than versioned
releases. The last stable release was `0.7.1`, but Ziglings needs a dev build
with pre-release version "0.8.0" and a build number at least as high as that
shown in the example version check above.
It is likely that you'll download a build which is _greater_ than the minimum.
Once you have a version of the Zig compiler that works with your copy of
Ziglings, they'll continue to work together. But if you update one, you may
Once you have a build of the Zig compiler that works with Ziglings, they'll
continue to work together. But keep in mind that if you update one, you may
need to also update the other.
## Advanced Usage

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build.zig
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stderrPrintFn(
\\ERROR: Sorry, it looks like your version of zig is too old. :-(
\\
\\The README lists the minimum version and build number.
\\Ziglings requires a development ("master") build
\\
\\Please download a master build from
\\ 0.8.0-dev.1065
\\
\\or higher. Please download a development build from
\\https://ziglang.org/download/
\\
, .{});