nim-lang/Nim on Hacker News

…a brief "Nim for Python Programmers" [1], which might interest you. [0] https://nim-lang.org/ [1] https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-Python-Programm...

comment by narimiran · 2018-01-22 · in Why is Rust difficult?

Can you please add your company here? :) https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Companies-using-Nim There are some companies using Nim, but they're not in this list

comment by Tiberium · 2017-10-18 · in Why we switched from Python to Go

…by now. But if you've got any specific questions about it then feel free to ask them. 1 - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/2348 2 - https://nim-lang.org/community.html

comment by dom96 · 2017-08-23 · in D as a Better C

…worry about creating a small example either, as long as you give us all the code to compile it. 1 - https://github.com/nim-lang/nim

comment by dom96 · 2017-08-23 · in D as a Better C

…await: https://github.com/dom96/nim-in-action-code/blob/master/Chap... 2 - Implementation of `=>`: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/lib/pure/future.n...

comment by dom96 · 2017-08-21 · in How to parse text for a DSL at compile time? (C++)

…the layout for smaller screens, it's just that these queries are not triggered on mobile. [1] https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/5737

comment by moigagoo · 2017-04-20 · in Nim programming language

…If not please report them[0], if this is a regression then it should be fixed quickly. 0 - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/new

comment by dom96 · 2017-01-09 · in Nim Programming Language v0.16.0 released

Development of Nim ( https://GitHub.com/nim-lang/Nim ) and its tools is done openly on GitHub.

comment by dom96 · 2017-01-03 · in Programming languages that are actively developed on GitHub

…works by declaring discriminated union (called enum in Nim) of possible JSON types, declared here: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/master/lib/pure/json.ni... You get a tree of nodes out of the parser and switch (lightweight pattern…

comment by klibertp · 2016-10-11 · in The P programming language

…talk to us on IRC[2] and Gitter[3]. Ideally, help us improve it by submitting pull requests :) 1 - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues 2 - irc.freenode.net #nim 3 - https://gitter.im/nim-lang/Nim

comment by dom96 · 2016-10-01 · in Nim Programming Language v0.15.0 released

…This only took me ~100 lines[2]. 1: Still a WIP, but already reduces code duplication A LOT: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/lib/pure/httpclie... 2: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/lib/pure/asyncmac...

comment by dom96 · 2016-09-22 · in What every coder should know about gamma

https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/936 still open :-(

comment by wiz21c · 2016-06-08 · in Nim Programming Language 0.14.0 released

…eyeballing Nim language for this since HN commenters pointed out it's close to the goal already: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-C-programmers Someone might even be using a subset of it as a high-level C language. I'd be…

comment by nickpsecurity · 2016-05-10 · in Teaching C

…No serious developer would ever use such a dangerous "feature". It should be removed from Nim. https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Whitespace-FAQ

comment by progman · 2016-03-23 · in Exploring Rust (from C#)

…the language and help us implement new features. Here is a list of "Easy" bugs to get you started: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/labels/Easy Another alternative is donations. Nim accepts donations through Bountysource[1], and…

comment by dom96 · 2016-01-28 · in Show HN: “Nim in Action” is now available

> Does Nim have something like PEP-8? https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Style-Guide-for-Nim-Cod...

comment by dom96 · 2016-01-28 · in Show HN: “Nim in Action” is now available

The garbage collector looks to be written in Nim: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/lib/system/gc.nim

comment by tonyg · 2016-01-22 · in I missed Nim (2014)

Linked at the bottom of the homepage: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Roadmap

comment by jonathonf · 2016-01-21 · in Nim 0.13.0 has been released

…which can be manually controlled [3], generics, AST macros and much more. 1: http://nim-lang.org 2: https://github.com/nim-lang/nim 3: http://nim-lang.org/docs/gc.html#realtime-support

comment by dom96 · 2016-01-09 · in Why I Write Games in C

…barely known. http://nim-lang.org http://hookrace.net/blog/what-is-special-about-nim/ Uses Cases: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Nim-use-cases Note that meanwhile there is also NimScript, an interpreter for a subset of Nim, which can…

comment by progman · 2015-11-11 · in Which language has the brightest future for replacing C: D, Go, Rust?

…to combine a lot of the nice features of dynamic languages with the rigour of a static language. https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-Python-Programm... http://nim-lang.org/ Haven't played with it myself, as I'm still waiting for a…

comment by david-given · 2015-06-26 · in Show HN: A Python with Hindley-Milner-like type annotations, compiling to C

…Nim [1] and should guard against the majority of related clerical errors of this kind. [1] https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Style-Guide-for-Nim-Code

comment by rbehrends · 2015-06-06 · in Is Nim unsafe?

The following discussion on Github may answer your question https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1979

comment by dom96 · 2015-04-30 · in Nim Programming Language 0.11.0 released

…to solve the problems this causes without removing it would be a gofmt like tool as described here: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/GSoC-2015-Ideas#nimfmt-auto...

comment by def- · 2015-04-30 · in Nim Programming Language 0.11.0 released

…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_%2B_Data_Structures... A modern take of it is presented in https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod This is why most people agree is easier to program in a dialect of pascal (like Delphi or FreePascal) than…

comment by mamcx · 2015-04-23 · in Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (1982)

…This language deserves your attention. [1]: http://goran.krampe.se/2014/10/20/i-missed-nim/ [2]: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-C-programmers

comment by Cyther606 · 2015-03-24 · in Myths of Enterprise Python

…along but I am rather afraid to put in production. The number of compiler bugs is a bit scary. https://github.com/Araq/Nim/labels/High%20Priority And also from what I've heard, the tooling isn't very good. Autocomplete isn't context…

comment by codexon · 2015-02-14 · in Author of “Unix in Rust” Abandons Rust in Favour of Nim

> Here's the reasoning: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Whitespace-FAQ#tabs-vs-spac... . Honestly, there are less drastic solutions to these problems. Some languages (forgot which) simply forbid mixing tabs and spaces when the tab size…

comment by CyberShadow · 2015-01-23 · in What makes Nim practical?

…comments, save for `discard """ ... """` I believe a different syntax for those will be added soon: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1535

comment by dom96 · 2015-01-23 · in What makes Nim practical?

> - Significant whitespace, but tabs are forbidden Here's the reasoning: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Whitespace-FAQ#tabs-vs-spac... If you still want tabs you can add this at the top of your files and they work: #! replace("\t", " ")…

comment by def- · 2015-01-23 · in What makes Nim practical?

…want to restrict the generic type but there seems to be no way other than using templates[1]. [1]: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/blob/master/lib/pure/collections...

comment by egeozcan · 2015-01-23 · in What makes Nim practical?

…it) support IMHO. Current alternative is "compiler does copy-paste for you", aka templates. See: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/blob/master/lib/pure/collections...

comment by egeozcan · 2015-01-14 · in A Quick Comparison of Nim vs. Rust

>So Nim really needs more active users and contributors. I've fixed an issue you're experiencing: https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1804 :3

comment by cremno · 2015-01-01 · in What is special about Nim?

…15876 1043 1007 Racket 8503 130284 24793 741 https://github.com/def-/LPATHBench/blob/master/nim.nim https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-C-programmers

comment by Cyther606 · 2014-12-30 · in Nim Advocacy and Promotion Strategies

…being safe and pragmatic enough for general usage. http://goran.krampe.se/2014/10/20/i-missed-nim/ https://github.com/Araq/Nim/wiki/Nim-for-C-programmers

comment by Cyther606 · 2014-12-30 · in Everyday hassles in Go

…to encourage people to write RFCs on Github or on the Nim forum and there are some already there ( https://github.com/Araq/Nim/labels/RFC ).

comment by dom96 · 2014-12-29 · in Nim (formerly Nimrod) 0.10.2 released

The Nim compiler itself is written in Nim: https://github.com/Araq/Nim There is Jester, a framework for web applications: https://github.com/dom96/jester HastyScribe looks pretty nice as well: https://h3rald.com/articles/hastyscribe/

comment by def- · 2014-12-27 · in Programming languages and Frameworks to learn in 2015

…time is ", flights[getClosest()].depart, ", arriving at ", flights[getClosest()].arrive [1] https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Nimrod-for-C-programmers [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2pvf68/armv7_v...

comment by Cyther606 · 2014-12-24 · in Computer Language Benchmarks Game – Rust vs. Go

…time is ", flights[getClosest()].depart, ", arriving at ", flights[getClosest()].arrive [1] https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Nimrod-for-C-programmers [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2pvf68/armv7_v...

comment by Cyther606 · 2014-12-22 · in Rust, an Anti-Sloppy Programming Language

…really address one of Apple's chief concerns: smoothly transitioning away from Objective-C. [0]: https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/graphs/contributors

comment by bjz_ · 2014-11-19 · in Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood

…departure time is ", flights[getClosest()].depart, ", arriving at ", flights[getClosest()].arrive https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Nimrod-for-C-programmers

comment by Cyther606 · 2014-11-19 · in Why Python Is Slow: Looking Under the Hood

…http://nimrod-by-example.github.io/variables/type_casting_in... Quick introduction for C programmers: https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Nimrod-for-C-programmers

comment by progman · 2014-08-25 · in Revenge of the Types

…Nimrod will ever get there. It seems to be a one-man shop at this point (as this demonstrates): https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/graphs/contributors

comment by tdees40 · 2014-07-17 · in Nimrod by Example

…hobby work I'm doing. The compiler and standard library are MIT licensed. http://nimrod-lang.org/ https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod Also, there's a recent forum posting about the decision not to do LLVM codgen for now:…

comment by dmarble · 2014-06-29 · in Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

Nimrod - http://nimrod-lang.org - http://github.com/Araq/Nimrod Nimrod is a "new" systems programming language which is statically typed, uses space delimited blocks (like Python) and compiles to C to create very fast and dependency free…

comment by dom96 · 2014-03-07 · in Ask HN: Looking for contributors?

Have you seen Nimrod? http://nimrod-lang.org/manual.html#foreign-function-interfac... https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Nimrod-for-C-programmers http://nimrod-lang.org/

comment by ilaksh · 2014-02-10 · in If you had to start over, what technologies would you learn in 2014?

To support the fact it's mainly one guy: https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/graphs/contributors His name is Andreas Rumpf and he is really impressive.

comment by DorianMarie · 2014-01-16 · in Nimrod: A New Approach to Metaprogramming [video]

…are case sensitive. Lot's of 'already defined' errors. There is nice discussion about it here: https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/issues/521

comment by saejox · 2013-09-02 · in Nimrod: The Return of Pascal

#def, according to https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/blob/master/doc/c2nim.txt , requires modification of the C header files. I don't think this is a practical option, for example, they might be system .h files.

comment by WalterBright · 2013-08-26 · in Nimrod: C + Macros + GC