Nim: Version 2.0.0 release candidate

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A new Nim blog post/announcement has been posted!

The first release candidate for Nim version 2.0 is ready for testing.

Three years after Nim version 1.0, and one year since the latest minor release (Nim 1.6), we are proud to announce Nim v2.0 RC1.

With more than 200 fixed bugs and 1000 commits, version 2.0 brings lots of improvements over Nim 1.6.

Don’t panic! One of our design goals was to make it easy to write code that works with Nim version 1 and 2. Many important packages already work with version 2 and as usual many innovations are behind switches that can be enabled or disabled on a per module level thanks to the .experimental pragma.

Version 2 is based on the same codebase as version 1, it’s an evolution, not a revolution.

Why use Nim?

If you are regular Nim user, you already know Nim’s features. On the other hand, if you waited until version 2.0 to explore Nim, here are some of its key strengths:

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