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This is great! I've wondered if Nim could be the foundation for a sort of "next-generation" Arduino. It's easy to learn, compiles to small binaries, and can wr

This is great! I've wondered if Nim could be the foundation for a sort of "next-generation" Arduino. It's easy to learn, compiles to small binaries, and can wrap a ton of existing C code. My experiments taught me wrapping Arduino from scratch, while possible, might not be ideal. There's some cruft in that code base, and the abstractions could use some updating.

dom96 5y ago
There is definitely room for this, it just needs somebody passionate enough to write a nice Arduino/embedded framework and document/promote it well.
elcritch 5y ago
Yes, yes Nim could be. Actually I’ve been working on that idea for a while now. I’ve been working on getting an Embedded Nim project going on GitHub. Come stop by! Also some discussions on Nim forum: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/7731#49050 https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/7731#49050 PS I’m wrapping Zephyr as a basis, but working on better Nim abstractions on top.