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Re:The Curse of NixOS by valyagolev on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:09AM (#30058523)
as much respect as I have for Guile, I'd love the nix configuration language to have at least partially enforced types...
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Re:The Curse of NixOS by eadmund on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:46AM (#30060160)
It really is a pity that Guix didn't go for Common Lisp instead — it does allow for gradual typing. And it has standardised a ton of stuff that Guile had to implement on an ad hoc basis.
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Re:The Curse of NixOS by dannyobrien on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:37PM (#30065724)
Honestly, I kind of like how Guix and Guile have been growing together. Like Rust and Servo (and the Rust compiler), I think the constraint of having a general-purpose language, but a general purpose language that is also responsive to a bigger project, has been beneficial to both.
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Re:The Curse of NixOS by agumonkey on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:35AM (#30058892)
time for hix .. and lets revive http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/299
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