[Nix-dev] Perl -> C++

[zimbatm]

On top of better defining the language it would also be helpful if the nix
commands could be classified in core vs plumbing like git does. In theory
only the core commands and the nixpkgs are required to bootstrap a
fully-functioning nix platform right ?

On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 at 13:18 Tomasz Czyż <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com> wrote:

> <:)>
> 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>:
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>> > 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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