I could be wrong, but based on the Wikipedia article it seems like it’s more trying to be a python replacement than a rust/c++/Java/etc replacement. The big thing with rust is that it’s rules allow memory safety without a garbage collector, while unless I missed something it seems like nim just uses a garbage collector. Not that that’s necessarily some huge problem or anything, but you know, different purposes
Can compile to C which then compiles using your favourite compiler. So it can operate at the speed of C
Technically, it all compiles to assembly, but Python is still a lot slower than C or Rust. Speed is lost along the way through those layers of abstraction.
And the new memory management system is similar to rusts system (and can be fully disabled if you want manual memory management)
So it doesn’t have a garbage collector? I’m going to have to actually look into this myself.
Apparently it’s called nim.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim_(programming_language)
I’m pretty skeptical it could be as fast and safe as Rust without the added challenge. Like, even doing what Rust did was a big deal.
I could be wrong, but based on the Wikipedia article it seems like it’s more trying to be a python replacement than a rust/c++/Java/etc replacement. The big thing with rust is that it’s rules allow memory safety without a garbage collector, while unless I missed something it seems like nim just uses a garbage collector. Not that that’s necessarily some huge problem or anything, but you know, different purposes
So basically, what I’m hearing is that it’s not fast like Rust. Yup, that tracks, this is just a guy stanning his favourite.
Can compile to C which then compiles using your favourite compiler. So it can operate at the speed of C
And the new memory management system is similar to rusts system (and can be fully disabled if you want manual memory management)
Technically, it all compiles to assembly, but Python is still a lot slower than C or Rust. Speed is lost along the way through those layers of abstraction.
So it doesn’t have a garbage collector? I’m going to have to actually look into this myself.
I think it transpiles to C so theoretically it could be quite fast, but I doubt the generated C is as fast as manually written C or Rust.
OH… NIM NIM NIM NIM NIM FUCKING NIM
OH… NIM NIM NIM NIM NIM FUCKING NIM