This Forum thread in particular should answer some questions: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.nim-lang.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;1122" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.nim-lang.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;1122</a><p>There are also many others: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.co.uk&#x2F;search?q=garbage+collector+gc+site:http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.nim-lang.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.co.uk&#x2F;search?q=garbage+collector+gc+site:...</a><p>Also, feel free to ask questions about the GC in the Nim forum or on IRC. That way other Nim developers can chip in and offer better answers than I ever could :)