[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[zimbatm]

C++ supports on whole lot more platforms than the proposed alternatives. If
Nix is to become a universal package manager it seems important as a
feature.
That being said, we're bound to have security issues if the nix-daemon is
it's written in an unsafe language.

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 at 11:36 Luca Bruno <lethalman88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nix is already C++. It's just that some tools are written in perl. Nix
> certainly isn't going to be rewritten in another language, at this time
> would be a waste of efforts in my opinion.
> The perl->c++ is about reducing the nix closure even more, but translating
> perl tools to c++.
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Tomasz Czyż <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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 :)?
>>
>
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