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Nimrod_description
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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 its | |
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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