Nim Programming Language
nim-lang.org
The Nim programming language is a concise, fast programming language that compiles to C, C++ and JavaScript.

Anyone have experience using Nim? The TLDR that I am seeing is compiled portable python/js replacement in a way.

I was thinking about trying to write a webserver with it and was wondering if anyone had any previous experience with it.

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    In my experience, Nim is a language that you either fall in love with immediately or just try for a bit before going back to Rust or Python. My experience is the former, I absolutely love this language and I feel most people are missing out on it.

    Honestly I don’t really have anything to say about it other than it’s just a lot of fun to use. It’s got a great macro system, and the compile-time evaluation is the best, imo even better than Zig. It’s also got a large and comprehensive standard library, so for smaller projects you don’t really even need to use Nimble.

    But other than that, my love for this language is mostly just “I like how you write stuff and how that stuff works.” It’s a great language if you need to develop fast like Python, but run fast like C. It’s a language you can spend years learning the intricacies of, but pick up in a day. Nim was where a lot of programming concepts just clicked for me. It’s more than just a compiled Python, and I recommend playing around with it for a bit.

    • Gnubyte@lemdit.comOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Thank you so much for posting. It’s really nice to hear from someone with experience first hand.

    • Baldur Nil@programming.devEnglish
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      11 months ago

      it’s a great language if you need to develop fast like Python

      I think what’s more relevant question here is what about the ecosystem? The language itself can be good, but can you create some category of software in it that is better/easier than alternatives? I suppose it would take a long time for it to have a framework as complete or well documented like Python’s Django or PHP’s Laravel etc.

      When blogs or people in forums promote some less used language they often focus on some specific good thing and leave out the inconveniences and the big picture, so these are questions I’d ask before adopting a different programming language.