Why a linker author had to write a YAML parser in Zig 

I think it is very fitting for an Assembly/Reverse Engineering/Linker guy.

Macros are compiled as a binary and executed as part of the build process in rust. So you're running code during the build process that a dependency may have injected a crypto miner into that sends the coin to the author. Or worse, it installs a Trojan horse on your PC while you're compiling. And all that without even running the compiled application. It's just another entry for supply chain attacks.

@@nextlifeonearthit’s been a while and can’t remember the context but makes sense what you are saying. Now, since I can’t remember the talk much or this point if you don’t mind me asking what came to my mind now is, how is compile time any different? Thanks 🙏

@@kanji_nakamoto comptime in zig is not code execution at compile time but, but expression evaluation. So, it's not compiled into a separate binary, it's basicly simply interpreted. No injecting bitcoin miners into that :).

@@maxcross5454 Cheers! Interesting that Rust is used loads in blockchain projects and other sensitive data projects