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[Nim](https://nim-lang.org/) is a magnificent piece of art.
But it has a Python-like indentation-based syntax with less flexible `import` semantics.
It lacks proper object-oriented features like interfaces and mixins.
And it does not have lower-level features like pointer arithmetics, address spaces etc.
But:
* It has a Python-like indentation-based syntax with less flexible `import` semantics.
* It lacks proper [object-oriented features](https://nim-lang.org/docs/tut2.html#object-oriented-programming) like interfaces and mixins.
* It does not have lower-level features like pointer [alignment](https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/2976), address spaces etc.
* It [does not have explicit safety concepts](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki/Unofficial-FAQ#is-nim-unsafe).
That said, you can relatively easily wrap a C/C++ library in Nim for lower-level features such as GPU programming, but who writes that C/C++ library?
In that sense, Nim is similar to Python and other higher-level languages with FFI.
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