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In the last 10 years there have been too many cool new programming languages vying for programmers. Nim is in a similar situation, why isn't it growing more? Th
by jasfi 3y ago
In the last 10 years there have been too many cool new programming languages vying for programmers. Nim is in a similar situation, why isn't it growing more? The problem is that one of the key factors in choosing a language is existing community size. Rust, and to a lesser extent Go, took most of the mindshare of programmers who were looking for something new.
- captn3m0 3y agoThey also had the benefit of being backed by significant corporations and being used in large projects (Mozilla/Google and Servo/K8s). Crystal needs some big projects to gain that mindshare.