> It means that you're used to The Python Way of doing things, and don't want
> to deviate from it without good reason
Developing/testing stuff out interactively is part of the Python Way of doing
things for many people, at least in my experience.
> To really appeal to Python programmers, Nim would have to support dynamic
> compilation and a REPL.
Not necessarily. Being a Python programmer doesn't mean you can't do anything
other than Python. It means that you're used to _The Python Way_ of doing
things, and don 't want to deviate from i
> scientists are also using Python and for any kind of data munching, a repl
> and a data visualization package are non-negotiable.
As a (wannabe) scientist, I can confirm.
Jupyter Notebooks are the tool of trade and they are very very helpful when
prototyping. I was pleasantly surprised when I
> Since vscode doesn't work on all platforms
Wait, what?
[https://code.visualstudio.com/Download](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download)
\- you can have it on Windows, Linux, and Mac.
You can't reply to questions that people don't ask, to get more people asking,
we need to attract them.
Also you might not need a REPL but you cannot generalize your case with the
need of the millions of Python developers in the world.
Besides you have to look beyond devs, scientists are also u
I use python a lot. nobody needs a REPL. maybe I exaggerate but that's... not
very important. and if it exists in a custom repo already
[https://github.com/AndreiRegiani/INim](https://github.com/AndreiRegiani/INim)
it's enough. OOP, same, never used it in python because __init__ and self.
every
Didn't try it yet, but is that a REPL is 140 lines of code?
[https://github.com/AndreiRegiani/INim](https://github.com/AndreiRegiani/INim)
IMO, what appeal most I think is OOP, although to be honest I think OOP is
overrated.
Crystal, which same as Ruby, seems emphasizing OOP.
To really appeal to Python programmers, Nim would have to support dynamic
compilation and a REPL. The lack of it makes a much bigger difference to a
programmer's workflow than superficial syntax changes, or even stricter typing
rules.
[https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018](https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018)
^ I'd like to propose this as a discussion topic.
Some brief thoughts:
* **Python 's popularity is growing** (and all other measures seem to
confirm).
* I still think it would benefit Nim to b
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