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Posted by
planetis on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @09:55AM
from the github.com dept.
Do you need me to inform you that Mythos in Greek means literally "fiction"?
Glad to see issues that I spotted while testing nimony have already been fixed. Nim v3 is going to be great!
Right... You want me to believe a guy like you has no reddit.
Not what I meant. When you figure it out, write me.
> Right, because you and others have replied to the TWO comments I left.
Post your github and post the discussion you had with said moderators.
Actually, now that I remember you, you’re the same guy from r/nim, right? How much time have you spent repeating the same talking points? You’ve already made around 15% of the comments in this thread, calling yourself “qualified to answer”, etc. Maybe take a step back.
You keep accusing others of having "large egos", but that kind of criticism says more about you than anyone else, it comes off as projection. And honestly, multiple people have already tried engaging with you in good faith. When someone is this locked into their narrative, there’s just no productive conversation left to have.
Actually, that’s not far from the truth. The reasons are:
Lack of contribution. If someone isn’t doing actual programming work, doesn’t have time management to maintain libraries, or isn’t contributing successful applications, it’s hard to take constant criticism seriously.
Only showing up to complain. Some people disappear for months and then reappear only to complain about design decisions, like "Why were multimethods removed in v3?" or "Why isn’t the pragma syntax like Python’s?" That tends to lead to the assumption that the language is "someone’s toy" just because features change or it’s not a drop-in Python replacement.
Focusing on gossip instead of technical merit. Complaining that a moderator was unfriendly is missing the point. Moderators change over time. The question should be whether the language and the ecosystem are valuable to you, not whether you personally get along with every individual on the forum.
These aren’t specifics, it’s the same tired tactic: you disagree with me, so I’ll try to ruin your reputation.
This isn’t constructive feedback, it’s just you venting and throwing insults. If you actually had something meaningful to discuss, you’d bring specifics, proposals, or examples instead of blanket accusations.
We’re not here to entertain derailments, hostility, or attempts to stir up drama. If your goal is to have a conversation, you need to do better than this.
Posted by
planetis on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:38AM
from the economist.com dept.
Posted by
planetis on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @11:20AM
from the gist.github.com dept.
I would ask for a source for your claim but we both know it's bull.
Posted by
planetis on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @12:47AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://github.com/planetis-m/compute-sim
Hey HN, I wrote a compute shader emulator that started as a 50-line script to help me understand reduction shaders. What makes this implementation interesting is its technical approach; I've leveraged Nim's macros and closure iterators to simulate lockstep execution of logical threads.
The emulator runs GPU compute shaders on CPU, simulating workgroups and subgroups with proper synchronization....
That's total BS btw, I've been part of the Nim community for over 7 years now and never had an bad interactions with the project's lead. But I did witness behavior from certain individuals that was out of line. Some of them went on to blame Araq in other places, I have read their criticism, which I found very hypocritical. You should take their views less seriously.
Posted by
planetis on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @10:33AM
from the nim-lang.org dept.
And it works pretty well, coming from 6+ years of experience. It's not that strange if consider case insensitive filesystems and email addresses. But on the internet you only hear the opinion of the loudest minority.
I will add that as a library, it has a big potential to be used in resource restricted envs, such as microcontrollers. Every other JSON library under the sun uses HashMaps or Btrees to structure the tree which end up wasting space. Another interesting one called Araq/packedjson whose ideas I borrowed, might be the most space efficient design so far, however it looses on speed comparisons on operations that involve removing items. That's because some structure should be maintained and this library provides the best trade-off between complexity and space efficiency.
Posted by
planetis on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @06:08PM
from the show-hn dept.
https://github.com/planetis-m/jsonpak
My library uses packed ASTs for compact and efficient JSON representation, with JSON Pointer, JSON Patch support. It also offers a recursive sort function, that allows to provide repeatable hashes and canonical JSON. Performance can be further enhanced by replacing for loops with memmove operations. The next steps would be to write a schema validator and a fuzzer.
Neat. This FS is used predominantly in torrents of pirated steam games by a certain group that advertises their work with "play without extracting".
It seems to overlook that the language model was developed using a large corpora of code, which probably includes structured fuzzers for file formats such as GIF. Plus, the scope of the "unknown" format introduced is limited.
Posted by
planetis on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:53AM
from the forum.nim-lang.org dept.
Actually the Nim wrapper use none of the above, instead compiles and links the static library per project, recompiling only when the hash of the files has changed. Allows for the best flexibility if you are using nim ofc.
One of the options is zig cc. The default is makefiles and there's also good cmake support and plain bash/batch scripts.
Well supposed to be in reality he's not. There are more popular devs that use nim. I suggest to look for reappearing names on the nim conferences.
Again you're making this up. That's not what the message reads. It literally says the future of Nim is assured because there is both funding and people working on it. He says he doesn't want to partake in community building because ...stuff happened with the diversity mob. It turns out that they've been preaching acceptance while harassing people with different upbringing online.
What was the group of people he offended? I still don't know, but you seem to have figured it out. Likewise I have every right to be put off by the messages we hear from the US for the past month.
Beef, I see Paris burning and I too would wish to live in a fantastical world. Reality's always in conflict with ideologies.
No it's not a bus factor of 1. Why would you think that? If you don't know why would you talk? There is at least another full time compiler dev. And a stream of contributors.