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by Tiberium 2077 days ago
Don't be misleaded - the only thing Nim really has from Python is the off-side rule (indentation). Nim is statically typed and compiled to native binaries
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Yeah I should have stressed that it's just the productivity that matches Python, not the operation. As you say it's similarity is only skin deep with significant whitespace.

In terms of use I find it feels a lot like a better Pascal but with powerful metaprogramming.