Discussion on: My reflections on Golang

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Juan Carlos • Jul 10 '19

Awesome post!. It has actual examples and well written.

All the wrong things seems kinda fixed on nim-lang.org

Generics: Nim has Generics since long time ago.
Error handling: Error handling, exceptions, custom exceptions, etc.
Default values: Yep, it can do it.
Not DRY: Hygienic Templates/Macros do DRY, Templates are simple.
Package Manager: Builtin package manager, similar to Cargo, scriptable.
Source code in GOPATH: Source code anywhere.
Confusing pointer: Nim supports Pointers out-of-the-box.
Struct hell: Nim supports literal JSON on code, no Struct, no String.
Weird interface: Uses Types, are like Objects or Classes.
Single GC algorithm: 6 GC algorithms, Go GC, RealTime GC, or no GC.
Developer experience: Syntax sugar is encouraged, sugary libs, DRY.

It also has a Rust-like memory management, without BorrowChecker (Experimental).
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Lennart Rudolph • Jul 24 '19

Nim does look like an interesting alternative to both Go and Rust. I've been holding off on seriously considering it until they release Nim version 1.0 (due to stability concerns), but it looks like they are nearing that point with a release candidate.

Deepu K Sasidharan • Jul 11 '19

Nim looks interesting, but I'm looking for a language that fixes issues I have with Go, for that I think there are many options out there already. Go has a purpose and It does some things really well, we need to appreciate that.

Ajinkya Borade • Nov 12 '19

looks good. what do you think of v-lang

Juan Carlos • Nov 12 '19

V wont even has AST. Cant do Frontend.

Swastik Baranwal • Mar 30 '20

It now has.