[sekao]

I've been using nim for a few years. I wouldn't have made either design choice (i always do qualified imports, it's just a few extra characters of typing). That said, there is a reason these superficial things always come up in HN threads. If you haven't used a language before, syntax is the only thing you can talk about. It's the equivalent of low effort political banter and the dopamine hit you get from junk food or watching a tiktok. These things melted away after my first 30 minutes with the language, and that's about when the real work began.

[michaelcampbell]

> If you haven't used a language before

This just feels like gatekeeping. I like nim, I've used it, talked to Dom and the author a few times in chat, filed some small bug reports. But even if I hadn't, I'd still hate the case insensitivity; I'm an experienced developer and I don't need to have used a language to know I will like or dislike some aspect of it.

[pietroppeter]

To me it feels more like gate opening: if you feel discouraged to try a language by this specific feature that you do not like, do not fear, come in and try it since as far as we know no people actually using the language suffered from this feature