'''Nim''' (formerly named '''Nimrod''') iswas an [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[multi-paradigm programming language|multi-paradigm]], [[compiled programming language]]<ref name="drdobbs">{{cite web |url=http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/nimrod-a-new-systems-programming-languag/240165321 |title=Nimrod: A new systems programming language |last=Rumpf |first=Andreas |website=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]] |date=2014-02-11 |access-date=2014-07-20}}</ref> designed and developed by Andreas Rumpf<!-- Do not WP:LINK to late German classical archaeologist. -->. It is designed to be "efficient, expressive, and elegant",<ref name="nim-lang">{{cite web |url=http://nim-lang.org/ |title=The Nim Programming Language |website=Nim-lang.org |access-date=2014-07-20}}</ref> supporting [[metaprogramming]], [[functional programming|functional]], [[message passing]],<ref name="FAQ" /> [[Procedural programming|procedural]], and [[object-oriented programming]] styles by providing several features such as [[compile time]] code generation, [[algebraic data type]]s, a [[foreign function interface]] (FFI) with [[C (programming language)|C]] and compiling to [[JavaScript]], C, and [[C++]].
