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by nimmer 1727 days ago
> How would I convince my employer to let me use Nim instead of a better known language?

This is a rephrasing of "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM".

Some organization prioritize innovation and technical acumen.

> So having a nice, performant and good language is just a small part of achieving your goals. You also need the people and the ecosystem.

Many applications don't need a large ecosystem. People can learn.

> Go, Rust, Kotlin, Swift and even Julia have the luck of having some industry heavyweights behind them

Python was never corporate-driven, thankfully, and it is successful.