Glancing over what they say there, it sounds like they're trying to write a better version of C.
Yes http://ziglang.org/:«Zig competes with C instead of depending on it. The Zig Standard Library does not depend on libc.»
The syntax seems to be mixing C with a little bit of Rust.But no plans to add meta-programming or type system support for memory?
Ugh. Ola.