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Nim – A Few Interesting Language Features (totallywearingpants.com)
43 points by skellock 2824 days ago
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akhilcacharya 2824 days ago
>Flexible Identifier Names

I'm genuinely confused about why this could be considered a good idea?

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jhbadger 2824 days ago
I'm genuinely confused why it wouldn't. Too many arguments in programming deal with bikeshedding like camel case vs underscores. Why not eliminate the debate by agreeing it doesn't matter one bit?
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akhilcacharya 2823 days ago
It makes Ctrl-f and static analysis a bit harder!
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yawaramin 2820 days ago
Nim comes with a search tool, nimgrep, that understands Nim identifiers.
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nimmer 2818 days ago
You are not supposed to mix different styles within the same project.
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