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Nim

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Nim is a software application whose design was influenced by Modula-3, Object Pascal, C++, Python, Lisp, and Oberon.

Nim

Summary

Nim is a programming language[1]. Nim has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Nim's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[4].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[5].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as off-side rule language[6].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as source-to-source compiler[7].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as compiled language[8].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as metaprogramming language[9].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as high-level programming language[10].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[11].
  • Nim's instance of is recorded as systems programming language[12].
  • Nim's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[13].
  • Nim's programmed in is recorded as Nim[14].
  • Nim's designed by is recorded as Andreas Rumpf[15].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as Linux[16].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as macOS[17].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[18].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[19].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[20].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as DragonFly BSD[21].
  • Nim's operating system is recorded as Haiku[22].
  • Nim's software version identifier is recorded as 0.15.0[23].
  • Nim's software version identifier is recorded as 0.16.0[24].
  • Nim's software version identifier is recorded as 0.19.2[25].
  • Nim's software version identifier is recorded as 0.20.0[26].
  • Nim's software version identifier is recorded as 0.20.2[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[3], procedural programming language[4], imperative programming language[5], off-side rule language[6], source-to-source compiler[7], and compiled language[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Nim include Nitter[28], a web application[29], founded in 2019[30].

Why It Matters

Nim has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Nim is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Nim include Nitter[28], a web application[29], founded in 2019[30].

Related Entities

Andreas Rumpf C++ compiled language cross-platform Dominik Picheta DragonFly BSD FreeBSD Haiku high-level programming language imperative programming language Linux Lisp macOS metaprogramming language Microsoft Windows Modula-3 Nim Oberon Object Pascal procedural programming procedural programming language programming language Python systems programming language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q364. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . nim-lang.org. Retrieved . nim-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . nim-lang.org. Retrieved . nim-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . nim-lang.org. Retrieved . nim-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nim-lang.org. Retrieved . nim-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chocolatey community package id → —
    Youtube handle → nimprogramminglanguage3130
    Readable file format → Nim source code file
    Netbsd package id → —
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