Show HN: “Nim in Action” is now available
Great to see Nim getting an official book, (Dominick is almost like a co-author of Nim at this point :-).My impression of Nim is that it is what Go should have been, if language developments of the past 40 years were taken into account, so if you like the simplicity of Go's syntax, but want modern features, seriously consider Nim.I personally couldn't get over the significant whitespace, (relying on invisible characters doesn't sit well with me) [1], but apart from that I like the language a lot!@dom96 Do you think that the focus on web development is good to have? I realise that it is what a ton of people do these days, but since web developers already have so many technologies to pick from, perhaps selling the book as aimed more at system/game even native desktop developers could spring up more interest.Also, how exactly is the garbage collector tied to the standard library and the language itself?
For example, if I opt out of the GC completely, would I end up in a situation similar to D, where I'm not using GC but everything around me still is, so I have to carefully program around it, or is it handled differently?
(And can you possibly compare Nim and D as the languages seem to be covering similar territory.)Lastly, what major work still needs to be done before we see a 1.0 release and how best can we help Nim to move towards that goal right now?Thanks, back to the book now...1 - Maybe a gofmt style tool would help somewhat.