Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by norswap » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 4:43 PM UTC

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by stesch » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

I hate that this language looks so good. Fast benchmarks, good library, readable code, documentation. I don't want to learn another language! Now I have to …

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by JulianMorrison » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:12 PM UTC

They ported the Erlang scheduler model to a C based language, nice.

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by jaytaylor » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:16 PM UTC

I wonder what other wonderful languages I've never heard of. Really, please share!

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by cju » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

As anyone tried it for embedded code on microcontrollers ?

It looks usable for soft realtime, almost keeping speed and control of C and adding ease (and fun) of coding.

GC is tunable and there are compilation options for embedded systems (http://nimrod-code.org/nimrodc.html#nimrod-for-embedded-syst...).

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by ics » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

> The Nimrod Compiler can also generate C++ or Objective C for easier interfacing.

This really is an inconvenient time for the weekend to be ending.

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by mynegation » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

This is the closest to my ideal language I've ever seen. Elegant and expressive syntax of Python, statically typed with automatic type inference, compiled to native code, garbage collected, macros, AST manipulation, very comprehensive "batteries included" standard library. Definitely worth a closer look!

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by buster » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:34 PM UTC

Just when i started reading tutorials about Rust this comes up... Looks nice, but does it also have concurrency built in (Rust tasks, Erlangs processes, message passing, etc.)?

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by atrilumen » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:36 PM UTC

I've been tempted by this one several times. I may have to play around with it and SDL2.

One thing that gets me, though, is the var keyword in a statically typed language. Why say "var thing: string" instead of "string thing"?

I think that consistent, explicit declaration of types is much cleaner and easier to read than this recurring mixture of type inference and annotation.

Re: Nimrod: C + Macros + GC

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Post by lambda » Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:40 PM UTC

buster wrote: post #8

Just when i started reading tutorials about Rust this comes up... Looks nice, but does it also have concurrency built in (Rust tasks, Erlangs processes, message passing, etc.)?

From the second paragraph on the linked page:

> 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.