Nim Succession Plan

Nim needs a succession plan in order to be more successful. And by "successful" I mean more widely adopted and used.

Lots of people are very reluctant to invest time, money and effort in anything with an unplanned, unsettled or uncertain future --- and rightfully so.

Stuff happens --- sometimes quite unexpectedly. One thing is for sure --- if you don't plan for the future you will be caught off guard at some point.

On the other hand, if no one in a position of authority really cares about this sort of thing, that is useful information too.

Well, that’s one way for a BDFL to instantly kill a language’s chances of widespread industrial adoption.

FWIW, the reasons for a foundation have absolutely nothing to do with what the main development branch is called… they have everything to do with what happens when your BFDL hits himself with a bus.

I've been really interested in Nim. Not doing anything serious with it yet but I've been following the project and reading about it and looking for a way to somehow use it in my personal or professional work.

This response from Andreas Rumpf, the designer and BDFL, instantly killed my interest. I cannot unsee and ignore what I just read. (https://imgur.com/a/aGLOkfl)

However technically interesting/beautiful this language looks, I do not wish to associate myself with a project who's BDFL's world view contradicts mine so much.

His response instantly set a toxic tone for himself and the work he represents.

It is very unfortunate but ultimately we're all humans and just as it is fine for Andreas to set the tone and govern his project the way he wants, it is fine for me to be picky about my friends and relationships and projects I like to associate myself with.

In this case, it is easy to follow my moral compass.

Buh.

That response almost comes off as a non-sequitor, and the only somewhat reasonable interpretation I can parse out of it is that he purposefully has no succession plan as a middle-finger to anybody who might want to use Nim after he's gone, because apparently they're all products of a clownworld he wants no part of.

That's a really bad reading, but it's the only one that makes any sort of sense.

I just can’t understand someone who turns a relatively benign question into a political position rant.

It literally makes no sense unless he has mental health issues.