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Nim seems to be doing pretty well and it compiles to C. I've not really used it but it does look pretty good.


Nim has lots of problems that come from compiling to C. It shouldn't compile to C.


Oh, I've been writing software in Nim pretty happily for a months now. What problems am I blind to?


I'm not saying you can't write software happily in Nim. I'm saying that Nim would be a better implementation if it didn't compile to C. There are lots of things that languages I like do that they could do better.


Oh sure. I'm asking specifically, given that I'm writing software happily in Nim, what potential pitfalls am I blind to? My software is compiling to C and it shouldn't be so I'm wondering what can I expect to actually experience using Nim, outside of Hacker News posts about Nim.


...care to explain why?




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