nim-wiki/Nim-use-cases.asciidoc

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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:: 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:: 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