Pierre BourdonJul 3, 2023

Add Nim to the list of languages whose community and leadership are openly sexist and racist. Was wondering when D would stop being alone on that list...

https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/10312

> Is there a Nim foundation?

> The wokes, they're cancelling He-Man!

(h/t Steve Klabnik on Birdsite)

Nim forum

Show threadGlitch (over count 1999)
@delroth tbh its rather frustrating considering at least in my experience, nim is a very fun language to use for webdev. like, nothing really comes close to offering the flexibility of python but *with* a static type checker outside of nim.

ill probably keep using it but its very annoying to see the leadership thinks that way.
Jul 3, 2023 at 8:04pmWeb
Show threadGlitch (over count 1999)Jul 3, 2023
@delroth also i'd not blame the community for this, most of them in that thread seem rather agitated that "how is the stability of nim" is answered with "the wokes want to cancel he-man" rather than any meaningful answer.
Show threadPierre BourdonJul 3, 2023
@glitch 20 likes, no ban after 3 days. I do very much blame the community, though that doesn't necessarily extend to every single one of its individual members.
Show threadGlitch (over count 1999)Jul 3, 2023
@delroth im pretty cautious about counting likes as any form of a community approval/disapproval - there's communities out there that like to "show their support" by brigading the OP whenever a thing like that happens.

also im *pretty* sure the lead dev runs those forums so a ban is probably nowhere on the table for said lead dev. cuz yknow, most forum admins wont punish themselves for rules they assume they never break, especially if they're on top of the food chain.

even outside of that, nim is one of the many small open source projects without the ability to really sustain itself outside of the core developer and like, the few people around them (and really its that one core developer) so getting rid of him would probably axe the project.

this whole situation just sucks all around. just wish there was an actual meaningful replacement for nims role.