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Re:The Zimbu programming language by dom96 on Monday December 26, 2016 @03:45PM (#13259689)
> The really ugly bit is the macro system: Nim macros are awful.

If I had a penny for every time I see you say that on HN... :)

In any case, I disagree with you. Nim macros are really easy to work with, the AST construction is a bit verbose but that can be easily remedied by writing functions which make the construction easier.

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Re:The Zimbu programming language by qwertyuiop924 on Monday December 26, 2016 @04:54PM (#13259974)
I do say it a lot. But it is true.

>that can be easily remedied by writing functions which make the construction easier.

That can only really go so far...

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