--- title: King of the "New" Programming Languages? | daily.dev description: Nim is a programming language combining C-like performance with Python-like syntax, featuring eight memory modes, borrow/move semantics similar to Rust but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: King of the "New" Programming Languages? | daily.dev og:description: Nim is a programming language combining C-like performance with Python-like syntax, featuring eight memory modes, borrow/move semantics similar to Rust but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CAUZIPUuV.png og:image:alt: King of the "New" Programming Languages? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # King of the "New" Programming Languages? **[Code to the Moon](https://daily.dev/sources/codetothemoon)** · 8 min read · 5 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Nim is a programming language combining C-like performance with Python-like syntax, featuring eight memory modes, borrow/move semantics similar to Rust but opt-in, and structural typing through "concepts" instead of traits. It offers smaller binary sizes than Rust, built-in async functionality comparable to Tokio, and more approachable macros that work with syntax trees. While less verbose and beginner-friendly than Rust, it lacks the same memory safety guarantees and allows nil values. The language includes a full-stack web framework called HappyX and competes in a space with Rust, Kotlin, and Mojo. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tsumanu** · 0 upvotes > So basically it's uglier/prettier (depends on preferences) insecure C. > > > Sometimes I wonder what exactly all those languages adds to programming world other than noise and chaos ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [nimony](https://daily.dev/posts/nimony-nz7xnywsl) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nim partners with Status.im](https://daily.dev/posts/nim-partners-with-status-im-e0suyigdr) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nickel since 1.0](https://daily.dev/posts/nickel-since-1-0-emltf2ws6) · Planet Haskell · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"King of the \"New\" Programming Languages?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv"},"datePublished":"2026-02-16T16:32:56.334Z","dateModified":"2026-02-16T16:33:16.537Z","description":"Nim is a programming language combining C-like performance with Python-like syntax, featuring eight memory modes, borrow/move semantics similar to Rust but...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8V1TI16lHNs/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8V1TI16lHNs/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Code to the Moon","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Code to the Moon","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--M-y1cDp4--/f_auto/v1737970845/logos/codetothemoon","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/codetothemoon"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"rust,kotlin","timeRequired":"PT8M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"King of the \"New\" Programming Languages?","description":"Nim is a programming language combining C-like performance with Python-like syntax, featuring eight memory modes, borrow/move semantics similar to Rust but...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8V1TI16lHNs/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-02-16T16:32:56.334Z","duration":"PT8M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/CAUZIPUuV","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/8V1TI16lHNs"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Code to the Moon","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/codetothemoon"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"King of the \"New\" Programming Languages?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/king-of-the-new-programming-languages--cauzipuuv","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"So basically it’s uglier/prettier (depends on preferences) insecure C.\nSometimes I wonder what exactly all those languages adds to programming world other than noise and chaos","datePublished":"2026-02-16T16:50:39.029Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/CAUZIPUuV#c-f2QqvlRu6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Adrian","url":"https://daily.dev/tsumanu","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--bbTggVj0--/f_auto/v1729056978/avatars/avatar_o83yJZhDlLH2O7iL41pEg"}}]} ```