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Are there nim users?
Nimporter
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A Python-compatible statically typed language erg-lang/erg
Erg looks fun for small programs. Though Erg's syntax choices seem less Pythonic than I'd expected. Interesting though, some of the idioms seem handy.
Though Nim definitely can be described as a statically typed Python-compatible language! I haven't used them but https://github.com/Pebaz/nimporter https://github.com/yglukhov/nimpy both seem great. Nimporter in particular looks fantastic for writing fast python libraries.
Actually come to think of it that might be the easiest way to write fast KiCad 6 plugins.. I really want to try making a native KiCad autorouter. But I don't want to figure out the C++ plugin setup and since KiCad 6 the Python APIs seem better documented and supported anyways. Problem is that Python would likely be too slow. Nimporter could be perfect. It looks really simple to setup.
- Nimporter – Compile Nim Extensions for Python on Import
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Comparing a Rust extension to other methods of speeding up python
nimpy + nimporter is getting fairly mature. I've had my eye on the libraries for awhile now and I'm starting to seriously consider adding Nim to the build pipeline at werk.
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Nim -- a modern "glue" language like Python
c2nim is a tool to translate ANSI C code to Nim. The output is human-readable Nim code that is meant to be tweaked by hand after the translation process. If you are tired of wrapping C library, you can try futhark which supports "simply import C header files directly into Nim". Similar to futhark, cinterop allows one to interop with C/C++ code without having to create wrappers. nimLUA is a glue code generator to bind Nim and Lua together using Nim's powerful macro. nimpy and nimporter is a bridge between Nim and Python. rnim is a bridge between R and Nim. nimjl is a bridge between Nim and Julia! Last but not least, genny generates a shared library and bindings for many languages such as Python, Node.js, C.
- Faster Python with Guido van Rossum
- What would be the steps required of `wrapping` a Python package in a crosplatform Nim executable?
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Genny – Generate Nim library bindings for many languages
For the specific case of Python executing Nim code you might be interested in [nimporter](https://github.com/Pebaz/nimporter) instead. Genny would definitely work for you as well, but it seems to be more geared towards creating libraries in Nim that can be imported by multiple languages.
c2nim
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I learned 7 programming languages so you don't have to
Also on the game development front, I maintain a raylib wrapper https://github.com/planetis-m/naylib As long utilities like c2nim https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim exist, it's trivial to create bindings of C/C++ libraries. One thing I want to experiment more is making it more automatic by writing a callback exposed by c2nim that transform the generated code using Nim's AST. But regardless in that project I was able to write safe language abstractions on top of the bindings that provide a more native experience. It has scope-based memory management, generics and ... function overloading.
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The way integrate Rust into Nim
Rust also has a library called safer_ffi that makes FFI easier, and I tried to use that, but the library seems to be immature, and I could not get arguments in Rust functions. If this library can be used properly, it will be possible to output C header files from Rust functions and automatically generate Nim interface functions from C header files using c2nim. We look forward to further development of this feature.
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Checked C
Well I'm 99.5% certain at least. Even now I'm uncertain of the C syntax. And I've not been bold enough to test 3rd order C function pointers. I figure that's probably C code you don't wanna touch if possible.
https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim/blob/11f2c5363dfe7e8c7c8ce...
The other annoying one is that "signed" and "unsigned" are basically adjectives, but "long" can be both a type and a modifier. So it's difficult to parse unless you're the target C compiler. Technically you can, but you have to use backtracking.
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Nim -- a modern "glue" language like Python
c2nim is a tool to translate ANSI C code to Nim. The output is human-readable Nim code that is meant to be tweaked by hand after the translation process. If you are tired of wrapping C library, you can try futhark which supports "simply import C header files directly into Nim". Similar to futhark, cinterop allows one to interop with C/C++ code without having to create wrappers. nimLUA is a glue code generator to bind Nim and Lua together using Nim's powerful macro. nimpy and nimporter is a bridge between Nim and Python. rnim is a bridge between R and Nim. nimjl is a bridge between Nim and Julia! Last but not least, genny generates a shared library and bindings for many languages such as Python, Node.js, C.
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Genny – Generate Nim library bindings for many languages
Now if only a full binding generator for C and C++ headers to Nim was done, the language would really be cooking!
"What do you mean, Nim has two of these already?"
Yeah, I know, and -- not to hurt anyone's feelings -- but: they kind of suck. And there's no way I see them able to be extended to do the job fully, based on the way they're currently built.
Those are some bold claims to make!
So before I get stoned to death (no offense to the authors, I am grateful that they exist and have used them both) let me attempt an explanation and back up these statements.
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To start off, the two tools available are "c2nim" and "nimterop". c2nim is a Nim official library, while nimterop is a community library.
https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim
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ffipf - quickly jump to file in a project with a native module
Yes. Nim compiles to C and has a lot of features for interacting with C code. You can easily call C routines from Nim and Nim functions from C. There's a bit of a ceremony you need to go through, but most of it can be automated with c2nim tool: https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim
- C2nim: A tool to translate ANSI C code to Nim
What are some alternatives?
nimpy - Nim - Python bridge
nimterop - Nimterop is a Nim package that aims to make C/C++ interop seamless
futhark - Automatic wrapping of C headers in Nim
cinterop - A C/C++ interop library for the Nim programming language
nimLUA - glue code generator to bind Nim and Lua together using Nim's powerful macro
nimjl - A bridge between Nim-lang and Julia !
genny - Generate a shared library and bindings for many languages.
skybison - Instagram's experimental performance oriented greenfield implementation of Python.
tinycc - Unofficial mirror of mob development branch