From f89e84254ba228fc277331546d694acb58f6e293 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Federico Ceratto Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:59:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Nim use cases (asciidoc) --- Nim-use-cases.asciidoc | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Nim-use-cases.asciidoc b/Nim-use-cases.asciidoc index b5a02d0..b1da04b 100644 --- a/Nim-use-cases.asciidoc +++ b/Nim-use-cases.asciidoc @@ -2,16 +2,20 @@ This is an introductory page on use cases where you might want to use Nim. ### Where Nim works well +Multiarch applications:: As Nim compiles through GCC, any architecture supported by GCC can run Nim. + +Gaming:: Nim was designed with gaming in mind + +Embedded systems and microcontrollers:: Nim have some of the smallest memory overhead and binary size compared to other languages. ### Where Nim will work well -System libraries - +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] ### Where Nim might not be the best fit -Scripts and interactive use - +Scripts and interactive use:: Nim is a complied languages and the interactive interpreter is somewhat limited. -Beginners:: - as a first language, Nim is more complex than Python or Ruby +Beginners:: as a first language, Nim is more complex than Python or Ruby \ No newline at end of file