←back to thread

Nim 2.2.6

(nim-lang.org)
159 points xz18r | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 14:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.264s | source
Show context
treeform ◴[31 Oct 25 15:55 UTC] No.45773510[source]▶
Thank you for working on the Nim Compiler. This is great. Another great release. The Nim Compiler continues to move forward.

Thank you very much to everyone who has contributed to the development of this superior language. Nim Compiler continues to be one of the most wonderful languages I have worked with. With the speed of C and the simplicity of Python, it has allowed me to write a lot of cool software.

I do not know where I would be if Nim did not exist in my life.

replies(2): >>45773553 #>>45773671 #
pansa2 ◴[31 Oct 25 16:07 UTC] No.45773671[source]▶
> with the simplicity of Python

So, not simple at all, then? Python is a very complex language hiding behind friendly syntax.

Do you just mean “with the syntax of Python”? Or does Nim’s similarity to Python go more than skin-deep?

replies(7): >>45773739 #>>45773919 #>>45774050 #>>45774960 #>>45775492 #>>45775901 #>>45778861 #
1. tinfoilhatter ◴[31 Oct 25 16:15 UTC] No.45773739[source]▶
Not the OP, but as an individual who has programmed in Nim on and off for a decade, I feel qualified to answer. The similarities are definitely only skin-deep, and Nim is just as complex, if not more complex than Python.

Nim is much closer to Pascal / Modula / Oberon than Python. The whole - ease/simplicity of Python and speed of C is mostly marketing jargon that the Nim community has been using as long as I've been aware of the project.