Python, Ruby -> Go. Nim and Crystal are pet project compare to other languages, no support, no community, no libraries, Crystal doesn't even supports Windows or threads. They are in pre alpha stage at best.
I found Nim to have a small but active and supportive community. The library ecosystem, while a little thin, has a lot of activity, and I was able to find what I needed or create wrappers for C libraries.
One difference between the Swift and Nim communities is that where Swift's is full of noobs answering each other's questions, Nim's is full of experts who are just as eager to help.
Nim also has pretty good, fairly complete docs and a decent book.
That's grossly incorrect about Nim. I'm a C/C++ noob and I've found a lot of C/C++/Nim/CS experts answering my questions and helping me out on Nim IRC/Gitter/Nim Forums.
This precisely. Try getting help from the creator of Go, it's next to impossible unless you work at Google or are a core Google dev. The Nim author on the other hand is very active on IRC and the Nim forum.
Right now Go ( among others ) is replacing a lot of Python / Ruby, there is no future for Nim / Crystal in that space anytime soon. Crystal will most likely die, same for Nim I don't have hope about language not backed/ created by large companies.
I'm a bit sick and tired of Google being everywhere and in everything so I'd rather invest my free time in learning a language created by highly motivated individuals than learn Go.
> I don't have hope about language not backed/ created by large companies.
This does not align very well with history. PHP started as Rasmus Lerdorf toy, That didn't prevent it to grow and support some of the biggest platforms on the web. Python was also a one-man band for a while before it gained traction.
Sorry I know I sound pretty negative, it's frustration about people pushing for languages that are clearly not ready and for some of them will never be.
You've got to realise that to a lot of people these languages are already ready. Nim coming closer to 1.0 is certainly evidence that it will soon be ready for a vast majority of users.
