I initially intended to remove that page again, as I did not want to further split the community. But after Miram's nice comment, it will stay. But he is correct, the short comment for my own book is not generated by GPT, but by me, as GPT said it does not know my book. And most of the links in "tutorial" are also collected manually. All other text is GPT generated without manual edits. I will later remove bullshit. And again, I learned a new word: xenophobic
> code snippets something ChatGPT-4 proposed on its own or is it something you > asked specifically for ? Here are the prompts that I used for GPT-4: Please tell us something about the Nim programming language. What is the purpose of Nim, who are the authors or developers? History of Nim? Current State? Future? How does it compare to other programming languages. And provide some more useful info when possible. But make the text not too long, maybe between 4000 and 6000 characters when possible. Please rewrite the following short description of a text book about computer programming (Nim) in fluent and correct englisch: "The book starts with a few the basics of computer programming, explains all components of the Nim langauge ant their use. It provides many small examples, provides a few extended excercises, and also teaches all the advanced stuff like metaprogramming, parallel code execution, and async code execution. The book supports and uses already the upcomming version 2.0 of the Nim programming language." Thanks. Please also rewrite this sentence for me: "That book is not yet available in printed form. Its content is nearly complete (about 420 pages), but final corections by a professional book editor and native speaking proof-readers still have to be performed before starting selling the printed version." Thanks. Please also rewrite this sentence for me: "It is planned to create also PDF- and EPub-versions with various color schemes in the future. The estimated sales price for the final pure digital versions may be 49 Euro, and 69 Euro together with a paper printed book. The HTML version will be still freely available to allow access for people in less developed countries like Africa and Asia." Please tell me which books are available to learn the Nim programming language? Tell me some more details about the book of Picheta. Thanks. Do you already have information to the new Nim book of A. Rumpf called "Mastering Nim"? Do you know something about the "Nim-Programming: A gentle introduction" book of Dr. Stefan Salewski? Please create a few code snippets for the Nim programming language to show how Nim source code typically looks. The snippets should consist of valid Nim code that the user can compile and run. Please comment the code, so that beginners can understand it. And generate for each snippet a short description explaining what the code does. We have to create a FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the Nim programming language. Please create a list with the 120 most often asked questions, and its answers. That list should contain all the following questions as well. Please remove duplicated questions, and fix grammar or spelling errors first. You may also reword the following questions when appropriate. Sort the generated list by priority. Why is Nim fast? Why is Nim save? Why is Nim easy? Why is Nim the best programming language? How does Nim compare to Rust? How does Nim compare to D? How does Nim compare to Go? How does Nim compare to C? How does Nim compare to Zig? How does Nim compare to C++? How does Nim compare to Java? How does Nim compare to Crystal? How does Nim compare to Julia? How does Nim compare to Carbon? Is Nim a transpiler? Why does the Nim compiler generates no maschine code directly? How old is Nim? Why is Nim so less used compared to other popular languages like Python, JavaScript, or Rust? Is Nim as fast and secure as Rust? Which learning resources are available for Nim? Has Nim been sucessfully used for larger software projects? What are the most popular programs that have been written in Nim? Does Nim support mobile devices like Android and IPhone? Can Nim be used to program microcontrollers? Can Nim be used to program desktop applications? Can Nim be used to program web applications? Why does Nim uses pragmas? Why does Nim has a garbage collector? How does Nim manage memory and resources? Can Nim create small binaries? Will Nim become a popular language? Which alternatives to Nim exists? Which other programming languages should I try instead of Nim? Can Nim replace all other programming languages? Can Nim be used to write an OS kernel? Can Nim use C libraries without overhead? Does Nim support threading and parallel processing well? Does Nim support incremental compilation and hot code reloading? Which GUI libraries exists for Nim? Does Nim support Windows, Linux and macOS? Has Nim a package manager? What are the most popular packages for Nim? Can I create Games in Nim? Is Nim stil actively developed? How many people or companies are using Nim? Which companies support Nim? Which books exists for Nim? thanks. can you add some more question-answer pairs? For a promotion and advertising website we need three short statements, that explains why the Nim programming language is "Fast", "Safe", and "Simple". Here simple means easy. Please create three short text blocks for that adjectives, each textblock should have between 160 up to 250 characters. Nice. But please use as headings "Nim is fast", "Nim is safe", and "Nim is simple". And make the text a bit less boastful. For advertising the Nim language, please explain in not more than 400 characters why Nim is a very fast language. For advertising the Nim language, please explain in not more than 400 characters why Nim is a very safe language. For advertising the Nim language, please explain in not more than 400 characters why Nim is a very simple and easy to use language. Please make it a few words shorter and do not use the term "boasts". * * * And I also asked: Please proofread the following text block. Fix spelling and grammar errors, and make the text good, fluent English. We just asked GPT-4 to tell us something about the Nim programming language. The initial idea was to promote and advertice our book, but GPT has now generated something like a general Nim info page. Initially, we asked GPT to generate a complete two column website, with info in right column, and some snippets with syntax highlight at the right. That resulted actually in a working page. But then we decided to better use a ready, prooved Hugo theme (doks v0.5) and just let GPT-4 fill in some text. It's text is really not that bad, but contains some serious errors. In the FAQ, how is Carbon language related to Etherium? Seems to be wrong. And it is sad, that GPT still does not know our book. Note that currently 90% of the page content is generated by GPT-4, we have done no checking for corectness yet. Maybe we should. Or can we ask GPT to prove and correct it itself? Maybe soon. GPT reply was: We recently asked GPT-4 to provide information about the Nim programming language. The initial idea was to promote and advertise our book, but GPT-4 generated something akin to a general Nim information page. Initially, we asked GPT to create a complete two-column website, with information in the left column and code snippets with syntax highlighting on the right. Surprisingly, this resulted in a functional page. However, we later decided to use a well-established Hugo theme (Doks v0.5) and simply let GPT-4 fill in the text. The generated text isn't bad, but it contains some significant errors. For example, the FAQ section incorrectly relates the Carbon language to Ethereum. Additionally, it's disappointing that GPT still doesn't recognize our book. It's worth noting that 90% of the page content is currently generated by GPT-4, and we haven't checked it for accuracy yet. Perhaps we should. Alternatively, we could ask GPT to proofread and correct the content itself – maybe that will be possible soon. Another question, with a nice answer was: Can you tell me how one would translate the English term "dude" to German language? And is the term "dude" an insult? In German, there isn't a direct translation for the English term "dude." However, there are some colloquial expressions that can be used to convey a similar meaning. A common one is "Alter," which literally means "old man" but is often used in a friendly or informal way, similar to "dude" in English. Another one is "Kumpel," which means "buddy" or "mate" and can also be used in a similar context as "dude." The term "dude" in English is not inherently an insult. It is typically used informally to address a male friend or acquaintance, or sometimes just as an exclamation. However, like with any word, the context and tone in which it is used can determine whether it is perceived as friendly or insulting. Always be mindful of the situation and the way you address others to avoid causing offense.
