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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. Real
by 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 agoNim 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 agoI apologize for making such a broad statement. What portion of the US do you live in?