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Wrap your NIF with Zig
Hey everyone! In this blog post I showcase some of the metaprogramming features that make Zig a great language to write NIFs with. Specifically, I show how to use comptime to reduce the impedance mismatch between the signature of your actual function and the NIF interface.
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