Zig Functions from Julia: `@ccall`, Shared Libraries, Pointers, and Array Views

A practical two-hour session on Zig Functions from Julia, focused on @ccall, Shared Libraries, Pointers, and Array Views. The session treats Zig as a native component exposed through C-compatible boundaries, with attention to exported symbols, allocators, packaging, host-runtime tests, and failure handling.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Zig Functions from Julia
• Apply @ccall in a small working example
• Apply Shared Libraries in a small working example
• Apply Pointers in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.