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Yeah, Nim is one of the languages I'm interested in.

> Specifically, it's a very good C replacement as it compiles to C. So you can easily run it on all of those embedded architectures.

Yes, this is indeed a huge plus for this application.

>If you're brave you can attempt to use Nim's GC in embedded hardware too, it's very flexible.

I'm not going to be that brave. :)

> If you want statically guaranteed memory safety then do check out Rust, I'm assuming you already have though and dismissed it for some reason.

Static guarantees are good, less code and checking at runtime. I haven't dismissed Rust in any way. One huge bonus point for Rust is that it has a major organization, Mozilla, behind it. Of course, the fact that Mozilla is primarily interested to develop a web browser can be a liability. In the future, Rust might take a path that's less suitable for embedded firmware.