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This doesn't address the dynamic vs static typing issue you brought up, but for the rest, you may be interested in exploring guix. Guix is essentially a reimpl

by isr 5y ago

This doesn't address the dynamic vs static typing issue you brought up, but for the rest, you may be interested in exploring guix. Guix is essentially a reimplementation of nix packaging system using a pre-existing language - guile scheme. Some may react adversely to them using a lisp (<s>well, enlightenment is not for all ... </s>), but leaving that aside, guix has continued to evolve in slightly different ways to nix, but still the core (and the guarantees it provides) remains essentially the same

mateuszf 5y ago
The Lisp part is great, but sticking to only libre software makes it a hard pill to swallow.
- spindle 5y ago
  Right, and I think (I hope I'm wrong) that guix makes it difficult to boot from ZFS, even though ZFS is libre. NixOS makes ZFS very easy.
  - rekado 5y ago
    I think you're wrong. Guix has a zfs package. The build farm just won't give you a pre-built binary due to license conflicts.