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BigInts for Nim

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BigInts for Nim

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-08-25 02:24:48 UTC to 2014-12-29 20:30:59 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 252014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 272014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsDec 29

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 252014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 12014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 82014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 152014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 222014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 292014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 62014-10-06 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 132014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 202014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 272014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 32014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 102014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 172014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 242014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 12014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 82014-12-08 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 152014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 222014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC2014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 292014-12-29 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC202

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davexunit·Dec 29, 2014
>My bignum library for Nim (not well tested yet): https://github.com/def-/bigints >Complex numbers: http://nim-lang.org/complex.html Ah, good! Glad to be wrong about that! It would be nice if Nim's reader could handle these numeric types transparently. >How is the macro system primitive? Well, I like to use macros to create new syntax, which AFAICT you can't do that with Nim. I'm used to using 'define-syntax' in Scheme, and Nim's macro system seems to be far less robust than that. I guess that's the price paid for non-homoiconic syntax. I just don't see anything new and exiciting in Nim. :(
In Nim Programming Language Tutorial
Cyther606·Nov 8, 2014
Nim performance compares favorably to C++. It features a Pythonic syntax, optional soft real-time GC, optional manual memory management. Porting an elliptic curve implementation over to Nim from Python was a cinch: elliptic.nim: https://github.com/def-/bigints/blob/master/examples/ellipti... elliptic.py: https://github.com/wobine/blackboard101/blob/master/Elliptic... Others have reported success converting Python codebases directly to Nim. To put it in perspective [1]: > The problem asked students to do a hundred runs and to try sample sizes of 10 and 100. For kicks, I did 1000 runs with a sample size of 1000. This took nearly 4 minutes in Python (macbook pro retina with i7 or i5? I forget...) and under 5 secs in Nim. [1]: http://forum.nimrod-lang.org/t/589 Rust and Go vs Nim: http://goran.krampe.se/2014/10/20/i-missed-nim/
In Rust and Go
Cyther606·Aug 25, 2014
I've been using Nimrod to replace Python on a Bitcoin project. elliptic.nim: https://github.com/def-/bigints/blob/master/examples/ellipti... elliptic.py: https://github.com/wobine/blackboard101/blob/master/Elliptic... Nimrod looks and feels like python, but it compiles to C. It's like C except with Pythonic syntax and with Boehm GC optional. In addition, Nimrod has a burgeoning NPM-like module ecosystem developing, albeit in the early stages. import rdstdin, strutils let time24 = readLineFromStdin("Enter a 24-hour time: ").split(':').map(parseInt) hours24 = time24[0] minutes24 = time24[1] flights: array[8, tuple[since: int, depart: string, arrive: string]] = [(480, "8:00 a.m.", "10:16 a.m."), (
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583, "9:43 a.m.", "11:52 a.m."), (679, "11:19 a.m.", "1:31 p.m."), (767, "12:47 p.m.", "3:00 p.m."), (840, "2:00 p.m.", "4:08 p.m."), (945, "3:45 p.m.", "5:55 p.m."), (1140, "7:00 p.m.", "9:20 p.m."), (1305, "9:45 p.m.", "11:58 p.m.")] proc minutesSinceMidnight(hours: int = hours24, minutes: int = minutes24): int = hours * 60 + minutes proc cmpFlights(m = minutesSinceMidnight()): seq[int] = result = newSeq[int](flights.len) for i in 0 .. <flights.len: result[i] = abs(m - flights[i].since) proc getClosest(): int = for k,v in cmpFlights(): if v == cmpFlights().min: return k echo "Closest departure time is ", flights[getClosest()].depart, ", arriving at ", flights[getClosest()].arrive
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