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Nim (formerly known as "Nimrod") is a statically typed, imperative programming language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency. This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all their various forms. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports a soft realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results from that model. Originally packaged in pkgsrc-wip by: - Christian Koch - Roland Illig and - myself.
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Nim (formerly known as "Nimrod") is a statically typed, imperative
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programming language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power
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without compromises on runtime efficiency. This means it focuses on
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compile-time mechanisms in all their various forms.
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Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a powerful (AST based,
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hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports a soft realtime
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GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used between
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threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe shared
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memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results from
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that model.
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