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diff --git a/web/index.txt b/web/index.txt index b6d4f8e8f..95cac9316 100644 --- a/web/index.txt +++ b/web/index.txt @@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ Home Welcome to Nim -------------- -**Nim** (formerly known as "Nimrod") is a statically typed, imperative -programming language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without +**Nim** (formerly known as "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 +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. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Nim is efficient * Native code generation (currently via compilation to C), not dependent on a virtual machine: **Nim produces small executables without dependencies for easy redistribution.** -* A fast **non-tracing** garbage collector that supports soft +* A fast **non-tracing** garbage collector that supports soft real-time systems (like games). * System programming features: Ability to manage your own memory and access the hardware directly. Pointers to garbage collected memory are distinguished @@ -33,22 +33,22 @@ Nim is efficient * Cross-module inlining. * Dynamic method binding with inlining and without virtual method table. * Compile time evaluation of user-defined functions. -* Whole program dead code elimination: Only *used functions* are included in +* Whole program dead code elimination: Only *used functions* are included in the executable. -* Value-based datatypes: For instance, objects and arrays can be allocated on +* Value-based datatypes: For instance, objects and arrays can be allocated on the stack. Nim is expressive ================= -* **The Nim compiler and all of the standard library are implemented in +* **The Nim compiler and all of the standard libraries are implemented in Nim.** * Built-in high level datatypes: strings, sets, sequences, etc. -* Modern type system with local type inference, tuples, variants, +* Modern type system with local type inference, tuples, variants, generics, etc. * User-defineable operators; code with new operators is often easier to read - than code which overloads built-in operators. For example, a + than code which overloads built-in operators. For example, a ``=~`` operator is defined in the ``re`` module. * Macros can modify the abstract syntax tree at compile time. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Nim is elegant * Macros can use the imperative paradigm to construct parse trees. Nim does not require a different coding style for meta programming. -* Macros cannot change Nim's syntax because there is no need for it. +* Macros cannot change Nim's syntax because there is no need for it. Nim's syntax is flexible enough. * Statements are grouped by indentation but can span multiple lines. Indentation must not contain tabulators so the compiler always sees @@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ Nim plays nice with others Porting to other platforms is easy. * **The Nim Compiler can also generate C++ or Objective C for easier interfacing.** -* There are lots of bindings: for example, bindings to GTK2, the Windows API, - the POSIX API, OpenGL, SDL, Cairo, Python, Lua, TCL, X11, libzip, PCRE, +* There are lots of bindings: for example, bindings to GTK2, the Windows API, + the POSIX API, OpenGL, SDL, Cairo, Python, Lua, TCL, X11, libzip, PCRE, libcurl, mySQL and SQLite are included in the standard distribution or can easily be obtained via the `Nimble package manager <https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble>`_. -* A C to Nim conversion utility: New bindings to C libraries are easily +* A C to Nim conversion utility: New bindings to C libraries are easily generated by ``c2nim``. |