Nim
FreeA statically-typed programming language inspired by Python, Ada and Modula that compiles to C, C++, and Javascript.
About Nim
Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language that combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada, and Modula. It compiles to native, dependency-free executables (no virtual machine required) and supports all major platforms including Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS. Nim's memory management is deterministic and customizable with destructors and move semantics, inspired by C++ and Rust, making it well-suited for embedded and hard-realtime systems. The language features zero-overhead iterators, compile-time evaluation of user-defined functions, and value-based datatypes allocated on the stack for high performance. It can compile to C, C++, or JavaScript, serving both backend and frontend needs. Nim is self-contained (compiler and standard library written in Nim) and offers a powerful macro system for direct AST manipulation. Its modern type system includes local type inference, tuples, generics, and sum types, and statements are grouped by indentation. Nim is efficient, expressive, and elegant.
Key Features
Pros & Cons
- Efficient: generates small, native, dependency-free executables
- Expressive: powerful macro system and self-contained toolchain
- Elegant: modern type system with flexible syntax
- Deterministic memory management gives control without a garbage collector
- Multi-backend support enables reuse across platforms and runtimes