NimWhat is Nim?
It is an efficient, expressive and elegant language which compiles to C/C++/JS and more. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula.
Nim is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Intuitive and clean syntaxMany garbage collector optionsJavaScript compilationDecentralised package managementHelpful tracebacks
Nim Pros & Cons
Pros of Nim
- ✓Expressive like Python
- ✓Extremely fast
- ✓Very fast compilation
- ✓Macros
- ✓Cross platform
- ✓Optional garbage collection
- ✓Easy C interoperability
- ✓Readable operators
Cons of Nim
- ✗Small Community
- ✗[object Object]
Nim Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Nim?
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
HTML5
HTML5 is a core technology markup language of the Internet used for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web. As of October 2014 this is the final and complete fifth revision of the HTML standard of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The previous version, HTML 4, was standardised in 1997.
