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SoftwareOctober 5, 2026, 02:54

Zig 0.17 released with reworked build system and new ELF linker

Zig 0.17 ships a new ELF linker with full x86_64 and SPARC64 support, improved incremental compilation for x86_64 Linux, and a build system split into separate configuration and execution processes. The binary cache is about 25% smaller with 5–10% faster cache hits, and @cImport has been removed.

Zig 0.17 released with reworked build system and new ELF linker
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