D_vs_nim

Sorting out your edit/IDE/lib situation & re-learning is part of any PL switch in my experience (& just varies). Trade offs abound in most things. D is undeniably syntactically closer to C if that is the priority. I knew people in the initial Java era who insisted their next PL had to look like C. I know others who prefer Pythonic brevity and Nim is even more brief & to the point in many ways. Compatibility-wise, Nim can also just `emit` C/C++/Javascript (like D|Nim can just emit inline assembly) - arguably max compatibility that can even work with arbitrary non-portable backend compiler pragmas, `__int128` extensions, etc. OTOH, that also ties it to limitations of backends. Possibly relevant is https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim & https://github.com/PMunch/futhark & the rather old/probably partly stale in both columns https://github.

* For a full comparison of features D vs Nim see [0], or a more succint selection of items by Nim's creator [1]; these also contains some remarks about metaprogramming and C/C++ interoperability. * syntax-wise you could also argue that is a step forward: it embraces Python syntax and it would be easy to read and understand for all Python devs. * Nim does have a "faster NumPy" by the same author of the article: [2] [0]: https://github.com/timotheecour/D_vs_nim [1]: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/1779#11098 [2]: https://mratsim.github.io/Arraymancer/index.html

Here's a comparison with Nim. In my experience Nim is one of the fastest both in terms of execution and compile time. https://github.com/timotheecour/D_vs_nim

Timothee Cour who's a heavy contributor to both lang did a comparison 8 months ago: https://github.com/timotheecour/D_vs_nim

There have been insightful comparisons in both communities: Nim: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/1779 D: https://forum.dlang.org/thread/mailman.1427.1428691340.3111.... And the following is probably one of the most extensive comparisons of the two languages: https://github.com/timotheecour/D_vs_nim/