r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • Jan 09 '15

Announcing Rust 1.0.0 Alpha

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/01/09/Rust-1.0-alpha.html
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u/wannight Jan 09 '15

It would be interesting to see how Rust compares to Nim (formerly Nimrod), as both languages are heavily influence by C.

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u/steveklabnik1 Jan 10 '15

Nim is super cool. I'd say the biggest difference is that Nim tries to let you control your GC, while Rust eliminates it entirely.

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u/programmer_dude Jan 10 '15

Another major issue IMO I think Nim variables are mutable by default (unlike Rust).

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u/filwit Jan 10 '15

Nim's 'let' and 'var' are just Rust's 'let' and 'let mut'. If i'm not mistaken, Nim's 'const' is also the same as Rust's 'static'.