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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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