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Nim compiles to C, so it can be a drop in replacement.
by 0-_-0 5y ago
Nim compiles to C, so it can be a drop in replacement.
- Zababa 5y agoI think you should be a bit more precise on exactly when. If it compiles to C, that means that it inherits from C the great platform support. I don't know much about it, so I can't judge Nim on other qualities that people attribute to C: you can call it from pretty much any language, it's seen as simple, you can write highly performant code in it, you can use it in very restricted environments, and I'm probably forgetting some others.
- jasfi 5y agoIt's also very easy to write Nim, the syntax has been compared to Python.
- Zababa 5y agoHonestly, I don't think these kind of drive-by shallow comments are selling anyone on Nim. Many people here have posted long and insightful comments about the complexities of replacing C and some other topics, and two of the three comments about Nim are a bit shallow.
- 0-_-0 5y agoI'm on my phone, otherwise I would have written more