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by idlewan 3172 days ago
The Nim language [0] feels very inspired by Pascal while looking like Python. If you're interested in fast, compiled & typed languages, I suggest you also take a look at it. I personally love its readability.

[0]: https://nim-lang.org/
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justin66 3172 days ago
I'm curious what's similar to pascal about it? It's garbage collected, it compiles to C or JavaScript, and its syntax is inspired by Python, so I just wonder what is left.
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dmux 3172 days ago
From https://nim-lang.org/features.html:

> Oberon-inspired visibility markers

> Pascal-inspired type sections for leaner definitions

While Oberon isn't Pascal, they're both Wirth languages that share many commonalities.

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