> Because I'm looking for a cross-platform[Windows +Linux, etc], fast, > relatively easy language that compiles to C or C++, and which can interop or > imbed with code +libs from C or C++.
I'm curious to see some evidence that FreeBASIC is "fast". (Although transpiled languages do have the advantage of choosing the best optimizing C/C++ compiler, which on some platforms can be gcc, clang, icc, or some proprietary mainframe compiler.) I never see FreeBASIC included in any modern benchmarks, which might just mean it's more obscure than Nim. > In that aspect nim is unique. Crystal comes the closest, but it only works > for linux. I think Dlang comes closer to that criteria than Crystal, but that might be a matter of syntax preference. Dlang also has [a nice portable UI library](https://buggins.github.io/dlangui/screenshots.html). But I still prefer and recommend Nim.
