replied this but it's pending moderation so may not appear yet:
* the first benchmark you’re referring to isn’t using the most optimized
compiler flags for nim, see
https://github.com/lh3/biofast/issues/21#issuecomment-707979684 where you can
get easily a 1.5x speedup by using `-d:danger –gc:arc`
* worth mentioning is you can embed a python session using nim (or vice
versa) via https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy so your can integrate either way
* see also https://github.com/timotheecour/D_vs_nim for a D vs nim
comparison
* not mentioned in this article is that nim compile times are far better
than typical equivalent idiomatic code in C or in particular C++
Run
can someone please also check what would the speedup with `--gc:arc` be in
<https://github.com/kostya/benchmarks> ?
right now it doesn't use this flag, see:
<https://github.com/kostya/benchmarks/blob/7c13e9221c4e58f95151864b5db87363a38734b2/common/commands.mk#L4>
?
such benchmarks have their importance to attract people, so might as well make
use of them in timely manner
