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this is a who comes first, chicken or egg Nim is one of those languages that tries to be everything for everyone, trying to fill the range from python to C++

by systems 5mo ago

this is a who comes first, chicken or egg Nim is one of those languages that tries to be everything for everyone, trying to fill the range from python to C++ If Nim had any strategic edge anywhere, someone smart would have picked it up to build something very successful and it would have had more sponsors

__MatrixMan__ 5mo ago
It sits in the sweet spot for projects like nitter--which is not the kind of work that's attracting investment right now, but that's due to markets being a clumsy tool for deciding what should be done and nothing to do with Nim's merits.
nulltrace 5mo ago
Being a generalist isn't easy.