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25% reported having never used the language. Surprising that so many people outside the Nim development community would fill out this survey.

by awb 7y ago

craftinator 7y ago
There has been a lot of observation and speculation about Nim for a few years now. Seems that a lot of people follow it's progress because they like it's philosophies, but don't feel comfortable enough with it's maturity level to dive in (language stability issues and API changes can be really frustrating when you are trying to maintain a project)
- gameswithgo 7y ago
  they hit 1.0 very recently so maybe more people will start feeling comfortable now.
flukus 7y ago
I'd assume they purposefully reached out to as many as possible, otherwise it just becomes an insular circle jerk. The people currently using the language will presumably have far fewer issues with it than people not using the language for whatever reason.
codexon 7y ago
I used it a few times before but I stopped once I realized it was a long way off from being worth using. The lack of tooling, libraries, and numerous compiler bugs meant that it would be easier for me to write the same thing in C++ even though nim is a superior language. I'd imagine many people came to realize this before even trying it out.
- gameswithgo 7y ago
  how long ago? I tried it maybe 3 years ago or so, and also ran into a lot of compiler bugs, which I reported. The good news is I saw all of them get fixed! Haven't tried the language since it hit 1.0 recently.
  - codexon 7y ago
    I don't remember, I tried it out a little before it was renamed from Nimrod I think.
    - stolen_biscuit 7y ago
      I don't think you should be commenting about the current state of the programming language (which is how your first comment comes across) if you haven't used it in over 6 years.
      - codexon 7y ago
        I tried it a few times after that and it still seemed like it was many years away from being competitive with C++/Java/Go
- DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
  have been using Nim throughout most of 2019 and never encountered compiler bugs. not once.
kabacha 7y ago
I've been following nim since it's inception and I'd report myself as "never used the language" as I've only built hello-world type test programs. I like the idea of static, compiled python but it's missing a lot of core libraries and what are there always look a bit disappointing to me. So I'm still in waiting for it to catch on phase and belive that 25% is there too!

25% reported having never used the language. Surprising that so many people outside the Nim development community would fill out this survey.

by awb 7y ago

25% reported having never used the language. Surprising that so many people outside the Nim development community would fill out this survey.

craftinator 7y ago

There has been a lot of observation and speculation about Nim for a few years now. Seems that a lot of people follow it's progress because they like it's philosophies, but don't feel comfortable enough with it's maturity level to dive in (language stability issues and API changes can be really frustrating when you are trying to maintain a project)

gameswithgo 7y ago
they hit 1.0 very recently so maybe more people will start feeling comfortable now.

flukus 7y ago

I'd assume they purposefully reached out to as many as possible, otherwise it just becomes an insular circle jerk. The people currently using the language will presumably have far fewer issues with it than people not using the language for whatever reason.

codexon 7y ago

I used it a few times before but I stopped once I realized it was a long way off from being worth using. The lack of tooling, libraries, and numerous compiler bugs meant that it would be easier for me to write the same thing in C++ even though nim is a superior language. I'd imagine many people came to realize this before even trying it out.

gameswithgo 7y ago
how long ago? I tried it maybe 3 years ago or so, and also ran into a lot of compiler bugs, which I reported. The good news is I saw all of them get fixed! Haven't tried the language since it hit 1.0 recently.
- codexon 7y ago
  I don't remember, I tried it out a little before it was renamed from Nimrod I think.
  - stolen_biscuit 7y ago
    I don't think you should be commenting about the current state of the programming language (which is how your first comment comes across) if you haven't used it in over 6 years.
    - codexon 7y ago
      I tried it a few times after that and it still seemed like it was many years away from being competitive with C++/Java/Go
DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
have been using Nim throughout most of 2019 and never encountered compiler bugs. not once.

kabacha 7y ago

I've been following nim since it's inception and I'd report myself as "never used the language" as I've only built hello-world type test programs. I like the idea of static, compiled python but it's missing a lot of core libraries and what are there always look a bit disappointing to me. So I'm still in waiting for it to catch on phase and belive that 25% is there too!