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> How would I convince my employer to let me use Nim instead of a better known language? This is a rephrasing of "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM". Some
by nimmer 5y ago
> How would I convince my employer to let me use Nim instead of a better known language?
This is a rephrasing of "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM".
Some organization prioritize innovation and technical acumen.
> So having a nice, performant and good language is just a small part of achieving your goals. You also need the people and the ecosystem.
Many applications don't need a large ecosystem. People can learn.
> Go, Rust, Kotlin, Swift and even Julia have the luck of having some industry heavyweights behind them
Python was never corporate-driven, thankfully, and it is successful.