Python gets used to write many userland utilities, many of which can be better served by rewriting in nimrod for the sake of performance, single binary etc.,
0install went through a rewrite from Python to OCaml, a detailed retrospective can be read here: http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2014/06/06/python-to-ocaml-retrospective/
In this light, what programs are suitable for a rewrite in Nimrod.
In this light, what programs are suitable for a rewrite in Nimrod.
I even rewrote the koch.py build script for Nimrod in Nimrod... Everything is suitable for a rewrite. ;-)
haha, i know.
I'm trying to reach for the low-hanging, yet almost-ripe fruits here.
Ideally programs that are CPU bound, widely used, can benefit from being a compiled binary etc.,..