Re: Nim vs Scala (not holywar). Compare functions for strings

2016-07-16 Thread runvnc
Garry_galler you can also put all of the helpers you coded into a package and publish it with Nimble. Nim is not Scala but it is very flexible and you can expand it with packages that don't require the core to change or everyone to adopt your perspective.

Re: Nim vs Scala (not holywar). Compare functions for strings

2016-07-16 Thread mora
Hi, Let me add my view on this topic. I created many topics here (for example [this](http://forum.nim-lang.org///forum.nim-lang.org/t/1333) and [this](http://forum.nim-lang.org///forum.nim-lang.org/t/1665)) to improve the functions in sequtils. The reception was very positive, and after some d

Re: Nim vs Scala (not holywar). Compare functions for strings

2016-07-16 Thread Araq
The stdlib is mostly as generic as the lack of a working `concept` implementation allows for. No surprises here and thanks for the update, I lived under a rock the last ten years and don't know about C++'s iterators and D's slices and Clojure's transfinite enumerations. Having said that, I stil

Re: Nim vs Scala (not holywar). Compare functions for strings

2016-07-16 Thread Krux02
Yes I really do like scala, and I think scala has a lot in the functional programming domain, that I would like to have in Nim, too. Here is a pattern from scala that I like to use to avoid the creation of intermediate variables in object scope, when in practice only the result is interesting.

Nim vs Scala (not holywar). Compare functions for strings

2016-07-16 Thread Garry_Galler
Partly preamble. A week ago, I began to learn **Scala** \- so how about **Nim** (and it's disappointing) read almost nothing (in my native language - especially). Written for **Nim** module nimfp, implements very similar functional paradigm that is in the **Scala** \- and this is well documented

Re: Nim in Action is now available!

2016-07-16 Thread dom96
> I think fewer words with the same meaning are easier to understand. I agree, although @OderWat's suggestion is too succinct :) I will do my best to shorten that sentence. I'm fairly sure that Manning's proofreaders/copyeditors will also flag up these issues to me before the book goes to print

Re: Nim in Action is now available!

2016-07-16 Thread jibal
I think that says the same thing more succinctly ... and I think fewer words with the same meaning are easier to understand.