Nimrod Programming/Why learn Nimrod?
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Why Learn Nim?[edit | edit source]
What is Nim?[edit | edit source]
Nim is a programming language used to interact with a computer. Programming languages can't be used to pass information for that you would need a normal language, instead they pass instructions, they are like grandma's recipes, they tell people (in this case computers) how to achieve a set of things.
Nim's description as a programming language[edit | edit source]
Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula.
So its more like a shortcut for the developer , being high level and also being low level, meaning its closer to the hardware
Nim's objectives[edit | edit source]
Nim meets the following objectives as in this order of priority
- Efficient
- Expressive
- Elegant