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Updated Nimrod for C programmers (markdown)

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This is a guide for people with experience in C or a similar language. The general tutorials can be found here: This is a guide for people with experience in C or a similar language. The guide assumes knowledge of how stacks and heaps works.
The general tutorials can be found here:
http://nimrod-lang.org/tut1.html http://nimrod-lang.org/tut1.html
http://nimrod-lang.org/tut2.html http://nimrod-lang.org/tut2.html
The manual provides a more or less complete overview of the language: The manual provides a more or less complete overview of the language:
http://nimrod-lang.org/manual.html
http://nimrod-lang.org/manual.html
### At a glance ### At a glance
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Nimrod arrays can also be indexed from any number. That is, ``z: array[1..4, int]`` is an array of int indexed from 1 to 4. Trying to access ``z[0]`` would throw an index out bounds error. Nimrod arrays can also be indexed from any number. That is, ``z: array[1..4, int]`` is an array of int indexed from 1 to 4. Trying to access ``z[0]`` would throw an index out bounds error.
In C, there's nothing that keeps you from keeping a pointer to a stack-allocated array
### Structs - Tuples and Objects ### Structs - Tuples and Objects
Tuples and Objects in Nimrod are kind of like structs in C, but not really. Tuples and Objects in Nimrod are kind of like structs in C, but not really.