You say that Zig has no macros, just like FORTRAN, but that isn't a language property at all. Technically, C has no macros, but most people use the C preprocessor. I've seen people preprocess with sed scripts, perl scripts, tr, python scripts, and m4. FORTRAN too was often preprocessed.

So we'll take your Zig and shove it through a preprocessor or several. I've seen code get preprocessed 3 times during builds, but I'm sure that isn't a record.

If a language designer fails to provide a suitable well-matched and effective preprocessor, we'll add something nasty. Oh well. Stuff has to get done.