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Updated Nim for Python Programmers (markdown)

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Alexander Ivanov 2019-01-14 17:08:27 +02:00
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@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ In Python there are no pointers (everything is treated as a reference).
While Nim does give you pointers, Nim gives you other, safer tools for your everyday needs, while pointers are mostly reserved for interfacing with C and doing low-level system programming. While Nim does give you pointers, Nim gives you other, safer tools for your everyday needs, while pointers are mostly reserved for interfacing with C and doing low-level system programming.
Contrarily to Python, most Nim code can be executed at compile time to perform meta-programming. Contrarily to Python, most Nim code can be executed at compile time to perform meta-programming.
You can do a lot of the dsl-s possible with Python decorators / metaprogramming with Nim macros and pragmas.
(And some stuff that you can't!). Of course this requires some different patterns and more type safety.
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