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- I think the issue is partly made moot by that not many people know Guile/Scheme in the first place, so they'd need to learn one language anyway. - Guix refus

• davexunit 10y ago
  >I think the issue is partly made moot by that not many people know Guile/Scheme in the first place, so they'd need to learn one language anyway. But this language is not a DSL, but a general purpose language that has pattern matchers, HTTP libraries, XML parsers, data structure implementations, etc. >Guix refuses to integrate proprietary software so its usability is diminished compared to Nix (and Guix has less software packaged than Nix in the first place, AFAIK). Guix is younger, thus has less software packaged, but the number of new packages introduced with each Guix release continues to increase. I have all the packages most important to me and have been using GuixSD exclusively for at least a year now. >Nix is a pretty good language for the task. The problem with any DSL is that is not very extensible and developers must spend time maintaining parsers, compilers, etc. for a one-off language. Guix is achieving its velocity in good part thanks to using an existing general purpose language that new languages can be embedded within.
  • muraiki 10y ago
    > But this language is not a DSL, but a general purpose language that has pattern matchers, HTTP libraries, XML parsers, data structure implementations, etc. I'm not expressing this as a criticism that I have, but for some people what you described is not a feature but a bug. :)