You can certainly use Nim for kernels. I've created a proof of concept long ago, and things are only improving with ARC fast becoming a great alternative to Nim

You can certainly use Nim for kernels. I've created a proof of concept long ago, and things are only improving with ARC fast becoming a great alternative to Nim's GC. https://github.com/dom96/nimkernel https://github.com/dom96/nimkernel