[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[Christian Theune]

Hi,

smallest two cents possible: everyone has a favorite language and once done porting a shared project like Nix there’ll be the next language that we could port it to … ;)

I try to stay out of those discussions (but wanted to ad 0.0002€) as long as there’s no huge and clear advantage or problem fixed. For me this looks like bike-shedding about language choice.

Happy new year!

Theuni

> On 02 Jan 2016, at 12:12, stewart mackenzie <setori88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> hmm I suppose the real question is who'd be willing to do this?
> 
> 1) C++ only, makes nix more portable and reduces deps but adds C++ memory model.
> 2) Rust adds deps, stop gapping till a long term stable port happens then it'll be rust only.
> 3) Rust's windows support is still flaky (correct me pls)
> 4) Is nix that broken to call for a re-implementation?
> 5) There is enough C++ experience to maintain this project, do we have enough willing Rust hands?
> 
> It really revolves around who's propared to sink time into this large amount of work?
> Some feel it a waste of energy, others see it as a learning opportunity.
> 
> So let's put it out there - is there enough solidarity to get a pure Rust implementation of nix out there? If not then we kill Rust in favour of C++ for this thread?
> 
> P.S.  I'd love it if we could use Fractalide to implement Nix but now I'm being bias!
> 
> On 2 Jan 2016 21:41, "Jakob Gillich" <jakob at gillich.me <mailto:jakob at gillich.me>> wrote:
> >
> > Nix doesn't have to be rewritten at once; you can rewrite the Perl stuff in Rust and call them from C++ code via a C interface[1].
> 
> I'm aware that Rust can replace Perl via FFI it's the added deps that concern me
> 
> > This is what Mozilla does in Firefox, which is also mostly C++. So the question should be, do we want to get rid of C++ in the long term?
> 
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