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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 l…
I can tolerate different viewpoints on branch names and codes of conduct, but this is just an unhinged way to respond. I feel bad for everyone who has contributed to Nim and now has to live with this stain on their project
As a contributor thanks for your worry but next time keep your virtue to yourself. I read his response multiple times and don't find anything wrong with it. Just an opinion. Worths as much as mine or yours.
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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.
Just look at what happened with the Rust foundation. It probably guides a lot of his rant.
what did you expect from a person who didn't realize that naming your programming language "nimrod" might not be a good idea?
What's wrong with the name nimrod? The name is biblical but not overtly religious in this context, and the bugs bunny association (of a hunter who is a fool) doesn't seem like it should really offend anyone. Like if he wanted to name the language "fool", how would it be a problem?