Comment by timmytokyo
2 years ago
I see your comment is getting downvotes, but that's probably because people didn't get the joke. In addition to being the name of the programming language, Zig is a character in the old Namco 'Zero Wing' game, which is where the meme "All your base are belong to us" comes from [1]. "For great justice" is part of the same meme.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
Andrew Kelley even referenced this in the proposal:
> In exchange, Zig gains these benefits:
> - All our bugs are belong to us.
> - …
> but that's probably because people didn't get the joke.
It’s more that Hacker News tends to collectively frown upon posts that are only jokes, if I had to guess.
I did not get this, and appreciate you providing the context
It does require a bit of a PhD on gaming and Internet history.