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You might be interested in trying out Nim. It's a language that empowers the user, giving access to AST macros, compile-time function execution and generics. I

by dom96 8y ago

You might be interested in trying out Nim. It's a language that empowers the user, giving access to AST macros, compile-time function execution and generics. I would say that using Nim's metaprogramming capabilities to create a great SPA framework is a better direction than creating a brand new language.

captainbland 8y ago
I'd second this, especially since Nim has already got decent server-side capabilities as well means you can write an isometric web application where the server-side is written in a language with performance comparable to C.
klibertp 8y ago
My only gripe with Nim is, as usual with non-mainstream languages, lack of libraries and frameworks (and lack of polish in the ones that exist, like Jester). The language itself is good and it's still evolving, so it has a chance of getting even better. BTW: I've read your book, great job! The "Advanced concepts" part was a bit too short (I'd gladly trade some of the earlier chapters for more examples of both FFI and metaprogramming), but I generally enjoyed the book. Also, I like how the code listings are annotated - how did you generate them? Is there some software specifically for this, or did you have to position all the arrows and lines and text manually?
- dom96 8y ago
  > My only gripe with Nim is, as usual with non-mainstream languages, lack of libraries and frameworks (and lack of polish in the ones that exist, like Jester). The language itself is good and it's still evolving, so it has a chance of getting even better. We need you to help us change that :) > BTW: I've read your book, great job! Thanks! > Also, I like how the code listings are annotated - how did you generate them? I used asciidoc to write the book and then my publisher applied some magic to format everything nicely. Not sure about the details I'm afraid.

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You might be interested in trying out Nim. It's a language that empowers the user, giving access to AST macros, compile-time function execution and generics. I

by dom96 8y ago

captainbland 8y ago
I'd second this, especially since Nim has already got decent server-side capabilities as well means you can write an isometric web application where the server-side is written in a language with performance comparable to C.
klibertp 8y ago
My only gripe with Nim is, as usual with non-mainstream languages, lack of libraries and frameworks (and lack of polish in the ones that exist, like Jester). The language itself is good and it's still evolving, so it has a chance of getting even better. BTW: I've read your book, great job! The "Advanced concepts" part was a bit too short (I'd gladly trade some of the earlier chapters for more examples of both FFI and metaprogramming), but I generally enjoyed the book. Also, I like how the code listings are annotated - how did you generate them? Is there some software specifically for this, or did you have to position all the arrows and lines and text manually?
- dom96 8y ago
  > My only gripe with Nim is, as usual with non-mainstream languages, lack of libraries and frameworks (and lack of polish in the ones that exist, like Jester). The language itself is good and it's still evolving, so it has a chance of getting even better. We need you to help us change that :) > BTW: I've read your book, great job! Thanks! > Also, I like how the code listings are annotated - how did you generate them? I used asciidoc to write the book and then my publisher applied some magic to format everything nicely. Not sure about the details I'm afraid.