[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[Arseniy Seroka]

> Also, are you considering using some different languages (too?)?
AFAIK we need c++ only (because of dependences).

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Sincerely,
Arseniy Seroka



On 30 December 2015 19:15:54 Mateusz Czaplinski <czapkofan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen the https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/341 issue. I'm a total
> newbie to Nix, and I'd like to try learning the codebase by contributing to
> this issue. Could anybody possibly help me kickstart on that by giving some
> hints towards:
>   - how I might try to setup a dev environment for that, ideally in NixOS?
>   - where in the codebase can I find some "main entry point" to "core nix
> functionalities"?
>   - what would you suggest I start translating first? (which .pm files) I'm
> open to all suggestions, including "hard but very useful" ones, as well as
> "easy but close to useless".
>
> Also, are you considering using some different languages (too?)? (Rust? Go?
> Lua in place of Perl?) I know C++ quite good, and thus I'm painfully aware
> of its flaws. (By the way, which version & toolchain are you assuming for
> Nix development? and do you have some coding conventions doc?) I'm fairly
> experienced in Go (more) and Lua (less), so I'm happy to discuss them; I
> have no experience with Rust, but I believe it has some nice advantages
> (including that IIUC it could be introduced gradually).
>
> Thanks,
> /Mateusz.
>
>
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