> I just posted you the address, I am from Aachen so yes in Germany. Got it. I will bookmark it in my mail folder, so i can send you the book later. If you change adres, do not forget to update. ;)
> But it's said that you've decided for the wrong language _lol_ ... Each there own. ;) > Interesting; what's your movtivation to make the move from Nim to Haxe; would > you mind giving details of your decision? There are a few reasons, like disadvantage that i see: **Nim:** * Single developer focus at the moment. And while this is great at the start, its something that can not be sustained. * 1.0 is still a unknown. Development is focused on this but there are still parts that linger around. * Python syntax that limits the amount of developers. It matter because next year i plan on starting a development company and there needs to be a focus on one language that can do multiple avenues. Part of my thinking is simply that the more simple / faster the language is to get into, the more easy it is to hire developers. **Haxe:** * Multiple developers, with the lead developer working full time on the project. * Financially its more supported with the Haxe Foundation. * Long time out of beta. There seems to be a much faster development focus. * Has much more a C/C++/PHP syntax. And will make converting developers more easy. I can find more easily people that have a C-language background. * Large amount of output platforms ( JS, Java, Lua, C++, PHP, Python, Neko etc ). * Useful website with code examples, try design etc. So more easy again to bring in / convert new developers. * There is also the HL Target ( not announced ) what seems to be a JIT compiler for turning the Language into a more standalone fast language instead of a interpreter language. * More developed 2D/3D lib. Just as a example, this is one of the game in development with Haxe. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRvPbAvzrM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRvPbAvzrM) **C/C++/PHP:** In my case, from a C / PHP background, it just feels more natural. The developers i know are all much more familiar in such a background. Last week showing a colleague some quick sort Haxe code, he instantly understood the code and noticed the few differences in design. The same did not happen with similar Nim code. **Business:** This is not to dish Nim. Araq did a great job on Nim and made it into a impressive language. But i am looking at it from a business point of view. That is also why i was such a pain in Araq's behind about the Caps / Team standard issue :). By having a language that can feel natural to a larger group of developers and yet is more future proof / targeting multiple platforms. And knowing that there is more development going on. Because of my business design, the language i needed needs to be easy, fast but support multiple avenues ( web, gaming, system ) with the ability to switch away from one more easily. When you write a piece of code to benchmark and quickly compile it to 7 language platforms ( if you have the compilers installed ), you feel all giddy. :) Haxe & Nim do share a lot of background but in all honesty ( do not take this too hard ), Nim still feels like a amateur / non-business focused project. Technically Nim is more advanced as a language but it comes at a cost of readability. The whole {} design feels too much tacked on the language to extend the functionality. If i need to hire people and they need to learn the whole language / meta programming, it also cost money. Money that does not go into actually improving the products. Anyway. Its less the features as the entire package that moved me to Haxe. **Points for improvement for Nim:** * Weekly newsletters like Haxe: [https://haxe.io/roundups/367](https://haxe.io/roundups/367)/ ( [https://haxe.io](https://haxe.io)/ ) * Better repository: [http://lib.haxe.org](http://forum.nim-lang.org///lib.haxe.org)/ * Better ( default included ) Lib management: See HaxeLib ... No need to compile, include in your project. Its standard. * Better website: [https://haxe.org](https://haxe.org)/ * Better news with more items ( like tutorials etc ): [https://haxe.org/blog](https://haxe.org/blog)/ * Try out Nim: [http://try.haxe.org](http://forum.nim-lang.org///try.haxe.org)/ * Searchable documentation. ;) I know, docs are being worked upon. * Communication ... its just lacking, limited. * ... * * * I wish Araq and the community all the best with Nim. :) * * * _Little stab below the belt:_ **Haxe** _you can search more easily in Google unlike_ **Nim** _/ Nimrod._ _gniffel_ :)
