[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

Tomasz Czyż tomasz.czyz at gmail.com
Thu Jan 7 14:18:33 CET 2016


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Let's make each script a REST API in any language we want!
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2016-01-07 3:26 GMT+00:00 Jakob Gillich <jakob at gillich.me>:

> > I think there are few enough people who contribute to the nix repo as it
> is now.
>
> That is actually an argument in favor of a rewrite, C++ is not very
> popular in the Linux community. Contributing to Nix will become a lot
> more attractive when it's written in a language that people actually
> enjoy using. At least that's how I personally feel about it, I'm just
> not interested in doing any C++ anymore.
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016, at 09:26 PM, Vladimír Čunát wrote:
> > On 01/06/2016 06:36 PM, stewart mackenzie wrote:
> > > Shall we start defining the nix language?
> >
> > None of the perl stuff deals directly with the nix language, so that
> > seems rather a much independent issue. Personally, I think there are few
> > enough people who contribute to the nix repo as it is now. Do you think
> > starting another implementation would help the quality or something
> > else? Even in a horizon of up to several years?
> >
> > --Vladimir
> >
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