Show HN: Jik – a language with region-based memory management that compiles to C

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Hi HN,I ve been working on Jik, a statically typed programming language with region-based memory management, which compiles to C.The purpose of Jik is to try to answer the following question:Is there a region-based memory management model which is simple enough to implement and ergonomic enough for everyday use?Here is a short example to give you a brief idea: struct Person: name: String age: int end func make_person(name, age, r: Region) - Person: // trailing [r] means allocate in region r return Person{name = name, age = age}[r] end func main(): // _ is reserved for the function s local region p := make_person( Ana , 30, _) println(p.name) end More on the memory model can be found in the docs: https://github.com/jik-lang/jik/blob/main/docs/overview/08-m...Jik is in alpha, but it is usable enough to try out: https://codespaces.new/jik-lang/try-jik?quickstart=1Any feedback, especially on Jik s memory management concept, is highly appreciated!

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