NICS Language
The Power of Less
NICS is designed to be an all-purpose language of the simplest form. We focus on these core principles:
Radical Simplicity
NICS strips away everything that isn't essential to create a language that can be described on a single sheet of paper. No linkage editors. No steep learning curves. Just you and the logic.
Speed of Delivery
The primary advantage of NICS's speed lies in rapid prototyping, enabled by its fast compilation. This simplicity accelerates the build cycle by allowing you (or your AI assistant), to create options and test cases within seconds.
Universal Utility: The Unbound Potential
Designed to enable a single codebase for the smallest embedded sensor to the largest cloud engine, NICS is engineered to execute any logical task with uncompromising, verifiable efficiency. It is the single, sharp tool capable of mastering all trades. A simple, powerful engine that liberates the developer to chase an idea wherever it may lead, without sacrificing speed, clarity, or structural integrity.
Code Reuse
NICS is engineered to transcend the isolating struggle of the lone programmer. We make it not just easy, but joyful to create powerful, immutable building blocks of code and share their strength across every project.
Code reuse is the sacred promise of our craft. It elevates programming from a solitary, repetitive struggle into a communal, cumulative act of engineering, where every line written with care becomes a gift to the collective. We honor the efforts of the past, allowing us to stand on the shoulders of giants and focus our passion, our intellect, and our energy on the new problems of humanity - knowing with tested excellence that the old ones are already solved. This is efficiency born of shared love, reliability built upon mutual trust, and the true freedom to innovate.
Security
We stand at a crossroads in the digital realm. The complexity we have embraced in software development is not a sign of progress; it is a silent, sprawling liability. We must reject the seductive lie that complexity equals capability. Instead, we must champion the profound, liberating truth: Security is simplicity.
A system whose totality cannot be grasped by a single mind is fundamentally and irrevocably insecure. Why? Because security is not a feature you bolt on; it is an inherent property born of perfect, transparent understanding. When a system is so vast and intricate that its components sprawl across countless layers, dependencies, and obscure lines of code, the true security perimeter becomes invisible. This is why the onion model is flawed.
Why does programming have to be hard?
We believe it doesn't. NICS was born from a simple wish: to create a language that any programmer, or AI, could understand at a glance.
We wanted a language that didn't require heavy manuals or complex build chains. We wanted a language where you could compile a massive library of source modules instantly.
The result is NICS. It is "Nominally Irreducible" because we’ve removed everything that isn't essential. What remains is a tool that is universally capable, reasonably fast, and elegantly simple.
