Nim (programming language) Reviews and Details

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• Zig: Build System Reworked

  That's actually a great argument for Nim[0]. Easy interop with C, native-speed performance, and a syntax very close to Python in both readability and how quickly you can get something working. Batteries included, automatic memory management without a conventional GC and metaprogramming - is a really cool combination. [0] - https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Go-legacy-winxp: Compile Golang 1.24 code for Windows XP

  Coincidentally, just a few days ago, I tried to run Nim[0] on Windows XP as an experiment. And to my surprise, the latest 32-bit release of Nim simply works out the box. But Nim compiles to C, so I also needed C compiler and all modern versions of mingw failed to launch. After some time I managed to find very old Mingw (gcc 4.7.1) that have finally worked [0]. [0] - https://nim-lang.org/ [1] -... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Go Away Python

  You can replace Python with Nim. It checks literally all your marks (expressive, fast, compiled, strong-typing). It's as concise as Python, and IMO, Nim syntax is even more flexible. https://nim-lang.org. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Go Away Python

  Have you tried Nim? Strong and static typed, versatile, compiles down to native code vía C, interops with C trivially, has macros and stuff to twist your brain if you're into that, and is trivially easy to get into. https://nim-lang.org. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Use Python for Scripting

  If a script is simple - I use posix sh + awk, sed, etc. But if a script I write needs to use arrays, sets, hashtable or processes many files - I use Nim[0]. It's a compiled systems-programming language that feels like a scripting language: - Nim is easy to write and reads almost like a pseudocode. - Nim is very portable language, runs almost anywhere C can run (both compiler and programs). - `nim r script.nim` to... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig

  This list is missing Nim[1]: nice syntax, extremely fast, memory safe, small binaries [1] https://nim-lang.org. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Giving C a Superpower

  But there is also an experimental view types feature[2] > explicit, type-safe result Nim has `Option[T]`[3] in standard library > self-documenting contracts (requires and ensures) Nim's assert returns message on raise: `assert(foo > 0, "Foo must be positive")` > safe, bounds-checked operations Nim has bounds-checking enabled by default (can be disabled) > The UNLIKELY() macro tells the compiler which branches are... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Why is Zig so Cool?

  I just use a Zig as cross-compiler for my Nim[0] programs. [0] - https://nim-lang.org. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Spy: An interpreter and compiler for a fast statically typed variant of Python

  I was looking for someone else that had done this, I had the same exact experience. That said, anyone looking into a completely static typed language that has nice ergonomics, is easy to pick up but has enough depth to keep you busy for weeks on end, and is versatile enough to be used for anything, do yourself a favor and give Nim a try. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

  > Modula. Modula 2 and 3 were reasonably good languages. Oberon was a flop. DEC was into Modula, but Modula went down with DEC. If you appreciate Modula's design, take a look at Nim[1]. I remember reading the Wikipedia page for Modula-3[2] and thinking "huh, that's just like Nim" in every section. [1] https://nim-lang.org [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modula-3. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Tom's Data Onion

  Great puzzle. I solved it in Nim[1]. Bit-twiddling layers were a good fit for the language. The trickiest part was the AES layer. I had to reach for the C FFI to use OpenSSL for decoding. And it took longer than expected to search instructions for key unwrapping. Full solution[2] runs in under 20ms on my machine, which says more about Nim's performance than my coding skills. [1] https://nim-lang.org/ [2]... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• The Top Programming Languages 2025

  Nim is a statically typed language with a syntax resembling Python's. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Why Nim?

  From a promotional marketing perspective, that webpage misses quite a few basics, like linking to the Nim site [0] and explaining what it actually does: Nim is a statically typed programming language that compiles native dependency-free executables in C, C++ or JavaScript. [0] https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Pony: An actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language

  I think Nim has a good homepage, with some bullet points explaining what the language is all about coupled with several code examples. I'm not saying Nim is better, but I visited the page the other day and thought it was neat. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• I built a hardware processor that runs Python

  > I'm interested to see whether the final feature set will be larger than what you'd get by creating a type-safe language with a pythonic syntax and compiling that to native, rather than building custom hardware. It almost sounds like you're asking for Nim ( https://nim-lang.org/ ); and there are some projects using it for microcontroller programming, since it compiles down to C (for ESP32, last I saw). - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Is Rust a good fit for business apps?

  I think Nim might be a good candidate. https://nim-lang.org. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• A 10x Faster TypeScript

  It’s not popular compared to Go/Rust, but many find Nim scratches that itch: https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Transfinite Nim

  FWIW, Nim (the programming language) is certainly interesting and possibly underrated. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• State of Python 3.13 Performance: Free-Threading

  If not, Nim is probably the closest most 'Python-like' language that is almost as fast as C. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• My first experience with Gleam Language

  Check out Nim[0] - it's strongly typed, with good type inference, clean elegant syntax, memory management is automatic (optional gc, default is ARC + small footprint cycle collector), compiles to small single binaries (Hello World is less than 100 kb), has powerful metaprogramming and lsp support. Nim compiles to C/C++ and then to native code, so performance is on the same level as Rust/C/C++. You can also compile... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Recent Performance Improvements in Function Calls in CPython

  Take a look at Nim. You get C performance, with the readability of Python. https://nim-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago