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What is Nimrod?
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Nimrod is a new statically typed, imperative
programming language, that supports procedural, functional, object oriented and
generic programming styles while remaining simple and efficient. A special
feature that Nimrod inherited from Lisp is that Nimrod's abstract syntax tree
(*AST*) is part of the specification - this allows a powerful macro system which
can be used to create domain specific languages. Nimrod does not sacrifice
flexibility for speed. You get both.
Nimrod is a statically typed, imperative programming language that tries to
give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency.
This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all their
various forms. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a
powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports
a soft realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used
between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe
shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results
from that model.
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Don't give me that marketing crap. What is Nimrod?