INim VS norm

- `nim secret`[0]: code is interpreted with Nim's vm, it is limited to compile-time (e.g. no C/C++).

- `nlvm r`[1]: nlvm backend supports JIT compilation and repl-like interface was added in latest release.

- `inim`[2]: supports all nim code, but it's not really a true repl. It adds code to a file and recompiles it (you can see the source file with `ctrl+x`). I'd recommend to use it with clang compiler, because it's a bit faster than gcc in my experience. It's the best option right now. And I use it almost daily.

First two options have rudimentary input system. But you can get command history and left-right navigation by wrapping them with rlwrap (should be preinstalled on most *nixes): `rlwrap nim secret`, `rlwrap nlvm r`.

There are plans to support incremental compilation for the next Nim release (it is currently broken). That would improve inim and other repls experience significantly.

[0]: https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#restrictions-on-compil...

[1]: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/10697

[2]: https://github.com/inim-repl/INim

Go must be terrible to google too! Nim's easy to google though, it's how I got to rust really. I'm actually the maintainer of inim, the nim repl: https://github.com/inim-repl/INim

Congratulations to everyone involved and the entire Nim community!

Nim has been my language of choice for the past decade and I'm really happy with the new features in Nim 2.0. Some of them are real gamechangers for my projects. For example, default values for objects theoretically allow me to make Norm[1] work with object types along with object instances. And the new overloadable enums is something Karkas [2] wouldn't be possible at all (it's still WIP though).

[1] https://norm.nim.town

[2] https://karkas.nim.town

In the ORM field, Norm[1] is an actively maintained package that supports SQLite and Postgres. It's framework agnostic, I've used it with Jester and Prologue (it had nothing to do with Prolog btw).

Among frameworks, Prologue is the most actively developed and feature rich.

[1] https://norm.nim.town

[1] https://norm.nim.town