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Nim 2.2.6

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159 points xz18r | 7 comments | 31 Oct 25 14:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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synergy20 ◴[31 Oct 25 14:45 UTC] No.45772525[source]▶
nim is memory safe, python syntax, emits c/c++/js. It really deserves more love and publicity.

more mature than zig, much easier than rust.

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netbioserror ◴[31 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45772662[source]▶
It doesn't seem as exciting as those because it doesn't have a whiz-bang-pow killer feature (other than very robust metaprogramming), but it's very mature, and breezy to write high-performance software.
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1. almostgotcaught ◴[31 Oct 25 16:27 UTC] No.45773862[source]▶
> other than very robust metaprogramming

lol then i guess zig's comptime isn't a "whiz-bang-pow killer feature" either

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2. netbioserror ◴[31 Oct 25 16:37 UTC] No.45773958[source]▶
Metaprogramming isn't exactly new. I guess the novelty is that its history in the systems language space is spotty, and has only recently become usable in the way a Lisper might want to use it.
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3. elcritch ◴[31 Oct 25 17:59 UTC] No.45774826[source]▶
It’s not really. Zig emphasis on it to replace generics is somewhat unique, but ultimately it’s not different than what Nim (and D) have also done for many years.

Nim has a full compile time VM. You can even compile it into a program to run Nim scripts.

4. QQ00 ◴[31 Oct 25 18:25 UTC] No.45775103[source]▶
what programming languages have the metaprogramming capabilities that a lisper would want to look at to learn/use it?
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5. netbioserror ◴[01 Nov 25 01:34 UTC] No.45778549{3}[source]▶
Nim, for one. It has an incredibly powerful macro and template system. But other languages with similar macro power include Elixir and Julia.

D has a generic system similar to Nim's, and a mixin system similar to Nim's templates, but doesn't have a powerful AST-manipulating macro system like the above languages.

6. almostgotcaught ◴[01 Nov 25 17:09 UTC] No.45783338[source]▶
> Metaprogramming isn't exactly new

My guy what exactly do you think comptime is? More to the point: what exactly do you think metaprogramming is...?

7. almostgotcaught ◴[02 Nov 25 01:01 UTC] No.45786997{3}[source]▶
this is like asking which restaurants have mom's cooking - none but there are plenty that are close enough and don't require you to travel all the way back to wherever your moms lives.