Nim programming language finally hit 1.0

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Friday, 4 October 2019 at 16:28:31 UTC, Petar Kirov 
[ZombineDev] wrote:
> The Flutter project is divided in two parts: engine and 
> framework. The engine is written in a mix of C++, Java and 
> Objective-C where Java and Objective-C are respectively used to 
> access the platform APIs. The framework (what Flutter apps are 
> directly using) is written in pure Dart.
> Flutter is using a technique called system channels which is 
> basically an RPC-like thing that marshals method calls to/from 
> C/C++/Java/Objective-C from/to C++ and Dart. It's slower than 
> calling the method from the same language.

Ok, it was not apparent from their system overview chart that 
they go through Java, it basically says that the engine is C/C++ 
and sits on top of a system specific "embedder" layer. So I guess 
then that Java is called from the "embedder" layer where the API 
isn't available otherwise? But rendering is done straight from 
C/C++? It does use its own renderer, right?

> I believe Flutter will be framework of choice for their 
> upcoming Fuchsia OS, but currently Dart is very much a second 
> class citizen on Android (unlike Kotlin), just like it is on 
> iOS. Fortunately, Google have done a stellar job of creating 
> good dev experience by providing a solid CLI and editor plugins 
> that abstract the platform differences.

Thanks for sharing your experience with Flutter! Being able to do 
cross-platform apps for iOS, Android and web did peak my 
curiosity, so downloading now to see how it all works.