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While here, add LICENSE_FILE and move to https address. Changes: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2017/09/07/version-0172-released.html PR: 222427 Submitted by: Neal Nelson <ports@nicandneal.net> (maintainer)
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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
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based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports a soft
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realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used
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between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe
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shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that
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results from that model.
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WWW: https://nim-lang.org/
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