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by SAI_Peregrinus 869 days ago
Nix is a build & metaprogramming system, not (just) a configuration language.
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tazjin 869 days ago
Nix is a bunch of things, one of which is a configuration language.
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zilti 868 days ago
A bafflingly ugly configuration language.
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garethrowlands 868 days ago
A major difference is that Nix has no type system or schema. Pkl is typed.
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soraminazuki 868 days ago
The NixOS module system has those and can be used independently of NixOS despite its name.
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