enabling syntax highlighting for vim?

[Cameron Simpson]

A bit like Max, I would like syntax highlighting for vim.

I know vim itself is colour capable because the "~" blank line markers and
warning messages are in different colours. However, my source code is in
boring monochrome. There do not seem to be variants to enable syntax
highighting, nor separate packages (or at least, my searches do not reveal
them to me). I've even build vim with the +huge variant to no avail.

Suggestions?
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