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There is the nix language and the nix program which is a package manager and cli at the same time. There might also be the running joke in German that nix liter
by SuperSandro2000 4y ago
There is the nix language and the nix program which is a package manager and cli at the same time.
There might also be the running joke in German that nix literally means nothing but there is no etc. nix does not generally refer to anything else.
- hiimshort 4y agoSandro is right that the language is called Nix and the CLI is called Nix. Though, part of the trouble is that Nix handles multiple things (eg. Dev environments) and is often referred to separately as the Nix Package Manager. Realistically, people do talk about "Nix" as one of many of these things which confuses a lot of people. Even the name NixOS is confusing for those unfamiliar with Nix.