Nimporter 1.0 released (seamlessly import Nim code from Python)

treeform · on April 12, 2020

Nim is the ultimate glue language. JS, python, c, c++, obj-c, even glsl... It's cool.

ianandrich · on April 13, 2020

I want to second this sentiment. Wow.

amelius · on April 12, 2020

How about the other way around, e.g. importing stuff like NumPy and SciPy or PyTorch from Nim? Is that possible?

mlinksva · on April 12, 2020

Haven't tried but https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy#calling-python-from-nim

beagle3 · on April 13, 2020

Yes, using nimpy (which nimporter builds on); IIRC, it has other nice features like being Python version agnostic (same Nim executable can import modules from py2.7, py3.4 and py3.7 for example without needing to recompile, though not at the same time).

But you might be better off with NimTorch and Arraymancer which though not yet complete, provide similar functionality and ergonomics at superior performance.

DangitBobby · on April 12, 2020

I can't wait to give this a try!