Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread Jehan
**bpr:** _Lack of inheritance (and generics!) in Go was bemoaned by many, yet I'd say in terms of adoption it's been a success._ Go de facto _has_ inheritance via embedded types and delegation. The differences in semantics (such as lack of open recursion) are an annoyance, but can be worked

Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread bpr
@Jehan > The context here is people transitioning from other languages. I believe I understand your point, I just don't agree with your conclusion. Technical issues don't seem to be all that important for adoption outside of the small initial group of early adopters, where it's very important.

Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread canyonblue77
* Language:Claim To FameFailure Point * Crystal:Slick As Ruby Fast as C;..No Windows Support(Yet) * Red:Full Stack, EASY! gui;...Documentation LACKING! * Nim:Multi-platform, Great GC;.Nothing

Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread Jehan
**bpr:** _I doubt that that's the biggest problem._ The context here is people _transitioning from other languages_. In this regard, OOP is probably the single biggest impedance mismatch. The point I'm getting at is that Nim supports pretty much all other major features that you typically find

Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread bpr
> If I had to guess, I think the biggest problem with Nim is its really unclear > approach to OOP. I doubt that that's the biggest problem. > No matter how much forum warrioring goes on about OOP, the reality is that > traditional class-based OOP (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) is present

Re: thounghs about Nim language in godot

2017-08-05 Thread DTxplorer
Thank you for the clarification. Sorry I didn't see you removed the autoloaded .gdns file.

Re: What can Nim learn from Crystal

2017-08-05 Thread Libman
I agree with @Jehan on most points, which really complement rather than contradict what I've said. Yes, there's no such thing as a perfect benchmark, a perfect survey / opinion poll, etc. But that doesn't take away from the fact that these things are still useful, and that the TIOBE index is a