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Some might think it unnecessary to include the line about how to install git with apt-get, but I really like it. It shows that he's going to actually walk the u

• JasonFruit 12y ago
  That's one of the things that draws me to Nim in general: it works as advertised, and the documentation, while sometimes terse, is clear and complete.
  • k__ 12y ago
    I found it a bit frustrating. They talk about C interopt, but I didn't find any nice explanation about how to create something like a struct, that C APIs often require as their data input.
    • def- 12y ago
      Usually you don't create a struct yourself, but use c2nim to wrap it, like I did here: http://hookrace.net/blog/what-makes-nim-practical/#wrapping-libraries-with-c2nim http://hookrace.net/blog/what-makes-nim-practical/#wrapping-... When you look at the resulting Nim wrapper, here's what a C struct got turned into: https://github.com/def-/nim-bpg/blob/master/src/bpg.nim#L61-L65 https://github.com/def-/nim-bpg/blob/master/src/bpg.nim#L61-...