[DeathArrow]

Nim might be great. But how can a great language get traction if nobody big is behind it?

Java and Python are being pushed by Silicon Valley and universities, Go is being pushed by Google, Kotlin is being pushed by Google, C# is backed by Microsoft and some big companies.

Who can help Nim, or Crystal, or Rust or other new language?

I look at many of them from time to time, see interesting developments, see exciting things but I refuse to learn the languages, their ecosystem and frameworks from the fear I have I will lose lots of valuable time since I might not be able to earn my living using them.

[moonduster]

Surprisingly, a lot of large companies use Rust in-house. I work at Nando's, one of our biggest systems is in Rust, and we're a chicken restaurant business, so it's not just limited to bleeding-edge SV companies.

Hoping we can open-source some of this stuff in the near future too to kind of show the world that Rust is ready.

[chris_j]

Please tell us more - I'd be really interested to hear what system it is and to learn about your experiences.

[matdehaast]

Thats awesome to hear! Would love to learn more. I assume you are part of the South Africa Nando's group...

[steveklabnik]

This is very intriguing! I hope you can too. Let me know if I can help in any way!

[nimmer]

> nobody big is behind it

Being a grassroot, community-driven project is a feature, not a bug.

[klohto]

Rust is being adopted by Apple so I wouldn’t worry about it.

[timClicks]

And quite a few other big names, incl. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Dropbox, ...

[cmcaine]

... and Mozilla. The company that most of the core team are from ;)