I like Nim. It's almost a year since version 1.00 of the language was released (in September 2019), but I wonder how the language has fared since then. Has usage grown since that key milestone? Gaining 'mindshare' among developers is obviously important but also difficult. Of course, supporting libraries are also important in encouraging adoption, but that is just one piece of the picture.

I see a pattern of sorts for some new(ish) languages: without a prominent, well-known sponsor, the language might struggle to gain attention among developers. I wonder what will be the fate of other languages without generous sponsors as they head to their version 1.00 e.g. Crystal or Zig?

Julia is doing relatively well without a big main sponsor - interest seems to be growing in the language.

Rust and Go are two languages that have benefited hugely from support from Mozilla (Rust) and Google (Go).

But back to Nim. Who's using Nim? What are you using it for and how are you finding it?

Also for linear algebra and machine learning they're a couple of good libraries:

1) Arraymancer https://github.com/mratsim/Arraymancer

2) Neo https://github.com/unicredit/neo

3) my own :) not meant for when performance is required. https://github.com/planetis-m/manu