--- title: 0.12.0 Release Notes ⚡ The Zig Programming Language description: Zig 0.12.0 introduces improvements to the deflate and inflate implementations, the x86 backend now passes 97% of the behavior test suite, and there are plans... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/0-12-0-release-notes-the-zig-programming-language-uchc78ley twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 0.12.0 Release Notes ⚡ The Zig Programming Language | daily.dev og:description: Zig 0.12.0 introduces improvements to the deflate and inflate implementations, the x86 backend now passes 97% of the behavior test suite, and there are plans... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/0-12-0-release-notes-the-zig-programming-language-uchc78ley og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ucHC78LEY.png og:image:alt: 0.12.0 Release Notes ⚡ The Zig Programming Language og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 0.12.0 Release Notes ⚡ The Zig Programming Language **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 44 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zig 0.12.0 introduces improvements to the deflate and inflate implementations, the x86 backend now passes 97% of the behavior test suite, and there are plans to prioritize compilation speed in the upcoming 0.13.0 release cycle. 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