[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[Tomasz Czyż]

Domen, I think this evolved from why perl -> c++ not perl -> X. Not sure
this went to nix -> X.
But if decision was already made that c++ is the one, probably discussion
is over :)?

2015-12-31 11:13 GMT+00:00 Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si>:

> I really don't see a correlation between rewriting perl parts in C++ and
> why/how we should rewrite Nix in a different language. Could we separate
> the threads?
>
>
> Mateusz, did you get an answer to your questions to be able to start
> contributing?
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:05 PM, stewart mackenzie <setori88 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Language features of the implementation language are generally lost when
>> implementing a new language.
>>
>> So we are left with: "can be compiled and existing infrastructure."
>>
>> Leveraging LLVM would be astute.
>>
>> On 31 Dec 2015 21:47, "Tomasz Czyż" <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Why not haskell?
>> >
>> > It's functional (like nix), can be compiled, in nixos, there is already
>> infrastructure for it.
>>
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