[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[Anderson Torres]

The main motivation is to get rid of dependencies. It would greatly
help in porting Nix to other architectures and systems.

2015-12-31 4:06 GMT-02:00 stewart mackenzie <setori88 at gmail.com>:
> This is our usage of Rust: https://github.com/fractalide/rustfbp
> The nix scripts to build all the rust components with capnproto
> dependencies in a deterministic fashion:
> https://github.com/fractalide/fractalide
> we use nix basically to replace make, it's still a WIP.
>
> I'm okay which most implementation languages used for nix, including
> Perl. I'm merely sharing my opinion on Rust.
> Though I would _like_ to see Rust used because of the barrage of
> niceties associated with it.
>
> peace
> /sjm
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:
>> Nothing's stopping you from starting the conversion. If it's clearly
>> better, it will be a lot easier to convince people once you have actual
>> code to show.
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