<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Io on pop-ecx</title><link>https://pop-ecx.github.io/tags/io/</link><description>Recent content in Io on pop-ecx</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:38:33 +0300</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://pop-ecx.github.io/tags/io/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Zig's New Io</title><link>https://pop-ecx.github.io/zig-new-io/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:38:33 +0300</pubDate><guid>https://pop-ecx.github.io/zig-new-io/</guid><description>I think I get it now
In version 0.15.1, Zig removed the async and await keywords, anticipating to rework and bring them back as part of a new Io interface. That was pretty exciting, but I didn&amp;rsquo;t get how it would fully work until I got to try it out in version 0.16.0.
The context of this blog is set around the workings of a simple port scanner. I will not go deep into how a port scanner works, but basically it tries to connect to a list of ports on a target machine, and if it does successfully, it means the port is open.</description></item></channel></rss>