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by gtrs 6y ago
The advanced features Nim offers is in stark contrast with Go where simplicity is valued. But the power those features give you when you really need them is undeniable. There's no need to dance around certain problems. I did move to Go
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by gtrs 7y ago
> flexible identifier rule When / how has this actually impacted you?
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by gtrs 7y ago
Nim is written in Nim and no one has run into this style insensitivity confusion despite many people contributing. If your project is smaller or fewer people and you still think this is a big issue, good luck. And if it is larger, this is t
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by gtrs 7y ago
It's not like you can contact Google and get support for Go. The Nim community might be smaller but you still get help if you ask.
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by gtrs 8y ago
Every language has faced challenges with change, nothing specific to Nim. And 1.0 is a distraction, if the language version has all the features you want, you can use it as long as you want. The code is also open and an unbearable bug can b
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by gtrs 8y ago
Totally feasible, I ported Python code to Nim and it was super easy and I got a huge performance boost. If performance isn't a big deal, the other thing I've noticed is that compilation guarantees a much higher quality of code com
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Centrally manage your vimrc and plugins and keep up to date super easily(github.com)
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by gtrs 8y ago
Binary size was one of the main reasons I started using Nim.
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Show HN: ff is a Windows wrapper for fzf(github.com)
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Show HN: V0.2.1 of Px for Windows just released(github.com)
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Show HN: V0.2.0 of Px is out(github.com)
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Show HN: HTTP proxy server to automatically authenticate through an NTLM proxy(github.com)
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