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> why should I care about Nim? it depends a lot on where you are coming from. If you are a Python developer/user (without any other information it is possibly the most likely case nowadays), you might find it solves a lot of current Python pain points (speed, portability, lack of typing, package system) and it has some added bonuses (great macro system, compiles to JS, works great for embedded). If you are not a Python developer/user but you are somehow interested in new languages like Rust, Julia or Zig (you might be both), you might want to hear a different take on how Nim is also able to solve some of the problems they solve (a better C++, a better Python/R/Matlab for scientific computing, a better C - not that those languages reduce to those aspects...). I think that what is happening now with Rust, Julia and Zig is great and I am happy that many people are looking at those languages and growing their ecosystem and their communities. Part of the drive of people there is to be able to make a significant improvement in the evolution of those languages (harder to do that in C, C++, Java, Python, C#, Swift, ...). I just happen to particularly like Nim and love being involved in it so far. A recent article that explains the philosophy of Nim is the Zen of Nim by Araq (Nim's BDFL) [0]. Nim has some universal vision in the sense that it can be really used for everything (from kernel programming to web development, from scientific computing to game development, from embedded to devoping compilers and interpreters, from short throwaway scripts to critical infrastructure). Not necessarily it is for _everyone_. Taste of people varies a lot and that is a good thing. [0]: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/11/15/zen-of-nim.html |