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Re:NixOS and Stateless Deployment by retr0h on Sunday January 04, 2015 @02:22PM (#8835458)
I like the architecture of Nix, and believe there are many benefits to it's packaging model. However, I am not a huge fan of the syntax[1], and rather use a template engine I am quite familiar with (like jinja).

I'll continue to follow and learn more about Nix, but anxiously awaiting my epiphany.

[1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1a504e3fb72fab10799cf0...

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Re:NixOS and Stateless Deployment by cwp on Sunday January 04, 2015 @03:06PM (#8835616)
Yeah, problem with nix is that it's different. The nix language is a lazy-functional DSL, which takes a bit of effort to learn.

The thing is, "better" does imply "different." The syntax is weird and difficult, but it's the linchpin of the whole system. It's much, much better than your typical packaging system and worth the effort to learn it.

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Re:NixOS and Stateless Deployment by fineIllregister on Sunday January 04, 2015 @06:34PM (#8836362)
If you like Scheme, GNU Guix is based on Nix but uses a DSL in Guile.

http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/

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Re:NixOS and Stateless Deployment by gfxmonk on Monday January 05, 2015 @02:31AM (#8837737)
Do you wish nix's syntax were more like jinja? Or do you actually want to use jinja with nix somehow? I don't really know what the latter would mean, since nix is a programming language and jinja is a (string-based) template system.
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