"When Python came into existence, repeatable builds (i.e. not yet reproducible, but at least correctly functioning on more than one machine) were a pipe dream. Building C/C++ projects reliably has been an intractable problem for a long time, but that's not true anymore."
I'd dispute that. It used to be the case that building NumPy just worked, now there are Cython/meson and a whole lot of other dependency issues and the build fails.
"At the Zig Software Foundation we look up to the Python Software Foundation as a great example of a fellow 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was able to grow an incredibly vibrant community ..."
Better don't meet your heroes. Python was a reasonable community made up and driven by creative individuals. In the last 8 years, it has been taken over by corporate bureaucrats who take credit for the remnants of that community and who will destroy it. The PSF has never done anything except for selling expensive conference tickets and taking care of its own.
I'd dispute that. It used to be the case that building NumPy just worked, now there are Cython/meson and a whole lot of other dependency issues and the build fails.
"At the Zig Software Foundation we look up to the Python Software Foundation as a great example of a fellow 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was able to grow an incredibly vibrant community ..."
Better don't meet your heroes. Python was a reasonable community made up and driven by creative individuals. In the last 8 years, it has been taken over by corporate bureaucrats who take credit for the remnants of that community and who will destroy it. The PSF has never done anything except for selling expensive conference tickets and taking care of its own.