Nimic – Pure Python as a systems language with AOT compilation

In plain words

Nimic is a programming language that uses Python syntax while compiling ahead-of-time into native code, positioning Python as viable for systems-level programming. It targets developers who want to write systems software with Python's familiar syntax rather than languages like C or Rust. The approach of combining Python's ease of use with compiled performance distinguishes it from interpreted Python implementations.

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Nimic allows using pure Python as a systems language with AOT compilation. It provides systems-level functionality directly within CPython (backed by the built-in ctypes module), while allowing the exact same code to compile Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) to an efficient native binary. By closely following the Nim programming language, nimic includes emulation of native types, pointers and operations on them, multi-dispatch, operator overloading, templates and more. Nimic code is a statically typed Python subset (domain specific language) which transpiles to Nim, achieving C-level performance without leaving Python. Key principle: nimic code is valid Python that runs unmodified in CPython and…from github.com

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