> Rust/the Rust model didn't exist FYI Nim also follows the Rust model with sink/lent annotations[0] + optimizes the (not yet default) automatic reference coun

> Rust/the Rust model didn't exist FYI Nim also follows the Rust model with sink/lent annotations[0] + optimizes the (not yet default) automatic reference counting with static analysis so that RC overhead is minimized. Nim is like something between Pascal / Rust / Python, not sure why it is not more widely used. > Sweeney hired an engineer to write a new language called Verse. Not just an engineer, Simon Peyton Jones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Peyton_Jones [0] https://nim-lang.org/docs/destructors.html https://nim-lang.org/docs/destructors.html