Similarly in English. I think "nix", like "git", is a self-deprecating name. It's a play on both "nix" -- to cancel or to not exist, and "nix" as the suffix for

Similarly in English. I think "nix", like "git", is a self-deprecating name. It's a play on both "nix" -- to cancel or to not exist, and "nix" as the suffix for Li- and U-.