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  1. Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language that tries
  2. to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime
  3. efficiency. This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all
  4. their various forms.
  5. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a powerful (AST
  6. based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports a soft
  7. realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used
  8. between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An
  9. unsafe shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency
  10. that results from that model.