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Updated Nim use cases (asciidoc)

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Federico Ceratto 2015-04-23 12:40:00 +01:00
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@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ This is an introductory page on use cases where you might want to use Nim.
Multiarch applications:: As Nim compiles through GCC, any architecture supported by GCC can run Nim.
Gaming:: Nim was designed with gaming in mind
Gaming:: Nim was designed with gaming in mind. See documentation regarding speed and GC.
Embedded systems and microcontrollers:: Nim have some of the smallest memory overhead and binary size compared to other languages.
### Where Nim will work well
The following use case might require larger amounts of libraries, tools, and language maturity in general (as in early 2015)
System libraries:: With GC turned off, Nim can produce libraries to be used by other languages.
Cryptography:: Nim is safer than C [also see System libraries]