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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+
<pkgmetadata>
- <!-- maintainer-needed -->
- <upstream>
- <remote-id type="github">nim-lang/Nim</remote-id>
- </upstream>
+ <maintainer type="person">
+ <email>xgqt@gentoo.org</email>
+ <name>Maciej Barć</name>
+ </maintainer>
+ <longdescription>
+ Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language.
+ It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python,
+ Ada and Modula.
+ Nim generates native dependency-free executables, not dependent on a
+ virtual machine, which are small and allow easy redistribution.
+ The Nim compiler and the generated executables support all major platforms
+ like Windows, Linux, BSD and macOS.
+ Nim's memory management is deterministic and customizable with destructors
+ and move semantics, inspired by C++ and Rust. It is well-suited for
+ embedded, hard-realtime systems.
+ Modern concepts like zero-overhead iterators and compile-time evaluation of
+ user-defined functions, in combination with the preference of value-based
+ datatypes allocated on the stack, lead to extremely performant code.
+ Support for various backends: it compiles to C, C++ or JavaScript so that
+ Nim can be used for all backend and frontend needs.
+ Nim is self-contained: the compiler and the standard library are
+ implemented in Nim.
+ Nim has a powerful macro system which allows direct manipulation of the
+ AST, offering nearly unlimited opportunities.
+ Macros cannot change Nim's syntax because there is no need for it — the
+ syntax is flexible enough.
+ Modern type system with local type inference, tuples, generics and sum
+ types.
+ Statements are grouped by indentation but can span multiple lines.
+ </longdescription>
+ <upstream>
+ <bugs-to>https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/</bugs-to>
+ <remote-id type="github">nim-lang/Nim</remote-id>
+ </upstream>
</pkgmetadata>