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Re:A Programming Language Underdog by kungtotte on Saturday September 22, 2018 @01:13PM (#18046832)
The docs issue and devel being rough are both due to the pre-1.0 status and the smaller community. It's a little bit of a catch-22; you need adoption to gain contributors but people won't adopt until there's enough contributions to make it stable.
Re:A Programming Language Underdog by dom96 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @11:39PM (#18049266)
yeah, which is usually where big companies help out. Their respect in the tech communities makes people take note of the new technology.

I really really think "underdog" is the best way to describe Nim because of this.