Chapter 1. Why Nim?
This chapter covers
- What Nim is
- Why you should learn about it
- Comparing Nim to other programming languages
- Use cases
- Strengths and weaknesses
Nim is still a relatively new programming language. In fact, you’re holding one of the very first books about it. The language is still not fully complete, but core aspects, like its syntax, the semantics of procedures, methods, iterators, generics, templates, and more, are all set in stone. Despite its newness, there has been significant interest in Nim from the programming community because of the unique set of features that it implements and offers its users.
This chapter answers questions that you may ask before learning Nim, such as why you might want to use it. In this ...
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