# Karl Seguin - Everything Is a []U8 (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://www.openmymind.net/favicon.ico) ## Highlights - In Zig, a structure declared as `extern` follows that specification. We can similarly declare a structure as `packed` which also has a well-defined memory layout (but just not necessarily the same as C's / `extern`). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka0sgf1m1pqchm69dxfqv80b)) ^957301305