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On the other hand, the most popular version control software is called "git".

• aaron-lebo 12y ago
  Yes, not to mention, when was the last time you heard someone call somebody else a nimrod? The 1940s? It can't hurt and Nim is a short and memorable name. Realistically it will probably have very little impact (and the core devs likely know this). Whether Nim gains widespread adoption has a lot more to do with whether it can compete successfully with Rust, C++, or whatever is remotely similar to it. D, for example, has a really good name (the successor to C), but hasn't become heavily used in industry despite what advantages it does have and years of development.
  • sitkack 12y ago
    Nim should follow the tooling around Go and just steal all of the good parts. I think Nim's main competitor is Julia. I'd focus on weaving Nim and RoboVM code together so one could leverage all the libs from Java/JVM while getting native performance.
  • RogerL 12y ago
    > Yes, not to mention, when was the last time you heard someone call somebody else a nimrod? 1890s England? I hear it all the time. Probably nearly daily. It depends on your circles, I suppose.
    • aaron-lebo 12y ago
      I apologize for making such a broad statement. What portion of the US do you live in?
      • eru 12y ago
        Why do you assume RogerL lives in the US? (RogerL probably does, but what makes you think so?)
        • rakoo 12y ago
          As others have said, nimrod-as-an-insult seems to be a thing mostly in the US.
• rz2k 12y ago
  You also probably do not want a version control system that is "liable to unpredictable changes".