* In order of developer productivity: Nim, Crystal, Go, Swift, D, C# / .NET, Java, Rust, Haskell / \ML / UrWeb (for most people), C / C++.
In order of performance, roughly: C / C++, Nim / V (low-cost languages that compile to C), Rust / Crystal / D / Swift (LLVM ahead-of-time optimized static languages), Go, UrWeb?, JVM languages (worse in low-memory containers), .NET languages, Haskell, TypeScript / etc (NodeJS).
* In order of good Web Framework availability: Go, Rust, .NET, Java, Haskell, Crystal, C++.
* In order of safety: UrWeb, OCaml, Haskell, Nim ... ... C / C++ last.
I FUCKING WANT TO SLOWMURDER YOU LYING COMMUNIST SCUM, DESTROYING INTERNET FREEDOM AND SILENCING ALL DISSENT! IF YOU WANT GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED INTERNET, MOVE TO NORTH KOREA!!!
Millions of people don't want government takeover of the Internet. Over 4 million voted for Gary Johnson in the last election (and most libertarians I know don't even vote).
"Net Neutrality" is an Orwellian term for an agenda to stifle ISP and VPN services competition, and strengthen the FCC. Real Internet freedom can only come from market competition (including non-profit NGOs), not blind faith in an Almighty Gov!
You are living in a propaganda bubble where all contrary opinion (like mine) is censored. HN is the prime example. All my previous comments expressing a non-socialist opinion went to /dev/null...
Nim has many virtues, but there's insane bias against it on this site. All my comments in favor of it have been deceptively censored here for a very long time...
If you read the actual article, look at its horrifying Rust code examples, and see the author's conclusion to stick with Python, then "Use Nim" is EXACTLY the right response!
Saying "Use Nim - it's a statically typed compiled language that about equals Rust in performance, but has a much cleaner higher-level Python-flavored syntax, and a very Pythonic `parsecfg` module in stdlib" is only better for the RTFMably challenged readers who've never heard of Nim before.
Shame on the closed-minded pathological down-voters who've completely ruined HN...
There is no rational reason to use copyleft licenses – they benefit no one but the lawyers. A significant and growing number of people recognize that software encumbered by pages of legalese threats is NOT free software, and boycott it for philosophical if not practical reasons. Restrictive license is the 21st century equivalent of a leaper's bell. The author will see a drop in users, donations, and even employment prospects as the result of this extremely foolish decision. Read copyfree.org