Nim's community is very friendly and helpful (Score 1)

I have been frequenting the #nim IRC channel for several months now, and I have to say that the posted conversion snippets are not at all representative. There are usually way over a hundred developers present in the channel, many of which are highly experienced and professional software engineers in various fields. The senior staff in particular is extremely friendly and helpful, and as a newcomer with lots of beginner questions I immediately felt welcome. I have witnessed many enlightening discussions about compiler design and general software architecture, not just covering Nim, but also many other programming languages and academic research projects. I also cannot approve of the criticism against Araq, the main driving force behind the language. He engages with users on a daily basis on IRC, the forums and GitHub, and is considering their opinions in the design of language or standard library features. Quite frankly, this is one of the things that I find particularly interesting about the development of Nim, because I feel that I can actually participate in the language design. The statement that Araq made with regard to implementing something because he is "tired of arguing" was certainly made out of frustration from dealing with certain users who possibly lack the depth of understanding, the professionalism and the patience that it takes to get things right. I am not aware of any single language feature that was put in place because of laziness or as a shortcut. The language still needs a lot of work, but the potential is evident. It is actually quite remarkable what a few folks have been able to put together in their free time, and I love working with Nim already. I'm curious who posted the chat snippets above. They seem to cover only three users having a heated argument, and I wouldn't be surprised if the poster was one of them.