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I don't know if I'd compare Nim to Python precisely; aside from the significant whitespace, I'd say Nim's syntax is directly descended from Pascal, and Nim's philosophy appears to hew more towards TIMTOWTDI than TSBOAPOOOWTDI (although I suppose we could debate whether modern Python still adheres all that closely to the latter). As a result it might appeal more to Rubyists.

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From the nim homepage:

> It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula.

Sure (and note that Modula is itself a Pascal descendant, from none other than the creator of Pascal), and although it seems true to say that Nim's significant whitespace was inspired by Python, I don't think there's much else that will be familiar to Python users. Other than "indentation-based syntax", the featured bullet points on the homepage don't describe Python features, and having used Nim lightly (a while ago, mind) my impression of it was very unlike Python. However, it's possible that I'm among a minority of people who think that significant whitespace is very nearly the least important feature of Python.

I've used Nim a bit and even read most of Dom's book (Nim in Action) and it felt pretty natural to me as someone who does most of their coding in Python. Sure it has some Modula inspired keywords, but it still feels Pythonic in a way I can't easily describe.

Rust on the other hand hurts my brain like Haskell as it is so foreign.

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