i dont really deal with these issues directly anymore, so no, I haven't had a chance to use any tools in the Nix family. but sure, once you eliminate the ambigu

i dont really deal with these issues directly anymore, so no, I haven't had a chance to use any tools in the Nix family. but sure, once you eliminate the ambiguity around 'which bytes' then it hardly matters whether you distribute them in one chunk or several chunks. What makes Nix more interesting than just that is that it actually provides tools to manage the dependencies and build. As much as I think owning your whole world is important, it can really consume alot of engineering resource just due to the state of the world. Since Nix signatures are transitive (as I understand it) it also captures the versions of the included tools, which is usually too far for most organizations to go. And while issues having to do with compiler versions are rare, they can really consume alot of energy trying to track down. So, without having any firsthand experience, it seem like its as dependable as static linkage, and may be quite a bit more convenient.