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== History ==
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! Version
! Release date<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nim-lang.org/blog.html | title=Nim Blog | publisher=Nim Project | accessdate=2019-04-07}}</ref>
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| {{Version | o | 0.10.2}}
| 2014-12-29
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| {{Version | o | 0.11.2}}
| 2015-05-04
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| {{Version | o | 0.12.0}}
| 2015-10-27
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| {{Version | o | 0.13.0}}
| 2016-01-18
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| {{Version | o | 0.14.2}}
| 2016-06-09
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| {{Version | o | 0.15.2}}
| 2016-10-23
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| {{Version | o | 0.16.0}}
| 2017-01-08
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| {{Version | o | 0.17.2}}
| 2017-09-77
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| {{Version | o | 0.18.0}}
| 2018-03-01
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| {{Version | c | 0.19.4}}
| 2019-02-01
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| colspan="100%" | {{Version | l | show=110100}}
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| colspan="100%" | For each 0.x branch, only the latest point release is listed.
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Nim's initial development began in 2005 by Andreas Rumpf. The first version of the Nim [[compiler]] was written in [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] using the [[Free Pascal]] compiler.<ref name="pas-sources">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/Araq/Nim/tree/ea1f1ec6d4d6c776eb0f81c2bebdd4cb4c817ebe/nim |title=Nim Pascal Sources |website=GitHub |access-date=2013-04-05}}</ref> In 2008, a version of the compiler written in Nim was released.<ref name="news">{{cite web |url=http://nim-lang.org:80/news.html |title=News |website=Nim-lang.org |access-date=2016-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626002904/http://nim-lang.org/news.html# |archive-date=2016-06-26 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref> The compiler is [[free and open-source software]] and is being developed by a group of volunteers working with Andreas Rumpf.<ref name="contributors">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/Araq/Nim/contributors |title=Contributors |website=GitHub |access-date=2013-04-05}}</ref> The language was officially renamed from ''Nimrod'' to ''Nim'' with the release of version 0.10.2 in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nim-lang.org/blog/2014/12/29/version-0102-released.html |title=Version 0.10.2 released |date=2014-12-29 |first=Dominik |last=Picheta |website=Nim-lang.org |access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref>