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Really? I didn't catch that vibe at all. You're saying if you do this without involving the community it is trolling? I guess it is fair to run the article by the community somehow, but I'm not sure the best approach to that. I'm doing a similar thing for Nim so I would like to not be seen as trolling.

They call names to anybody who dares to ask a genuine question they don't like. It's a meme by now, how easy it is to get banned on V's discord server.

I've a feeling that author tried to bring these issues on their discord server, got himself banned and then decided to write a blog.

> They call names to anybody who dares to ask a genuine question they don't like.

Made up nonsense without any proofs.

Untrue on both counts.

Not sure what you want to test, though I'd bet that if you post questions on forum.nim-lang.org then you will get good help.

Anyway, to maybe get you started, Nim compile speed is usually best with a tcc backend (nim c --cc:tcc or set that in config.nims/nim.cfg). Meanwhile, run-time speed is usually best with gcc PGO.

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