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Nim is the closest language to Python. Translating to Python is a breeze and you get speeds comparable with pure C.
by nimmer 7y ago
Nim is the closest language to Python. Translating to Python is a breeze and you get speeds comparable with pure C.
- downerending 7y agoYou seem like a Nimmer. What would you describe as the biggest downsides of Nim wrt Python? (aside from the fact that it's currently a niche language.)
- nimmer 7y agoThe only two that I can think of are due to static typing: You cannot enforce types only where you want, like mypy. Yet, type inference and automated conversions help quite a bit. There's an unofficial REPL in the compiler but you cannot do dir() or tab-complete methods/procs. You have to rely on documentation, nimsuggests or IDEs instead.