On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Arseniy Seroka <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also, are you considering using some different languages (too?)? > AFAIK we need c++ only (because of dependences). > This may still leave the question open on: - gccgo? (distributed with GCC) - Lua? (you usually embed Lua, e.g. like boost, so no additional dependencies) And just to remind, I'm still acutely interested in help/hints with all the primary questions. Thanks, /Mateusz. On 30 December 2015 19:15:54 Mateusz Czaplinski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've seen the https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/341 issue. I'm a total >> newbie to Nix, and I'd like to try learning the codebase by contributing to >> this issue. Could anybody possibly help me kickstart on that by giving some >> hints towards: >> - how I might try to setup a dev environment for that, ideally in NixOS? >> - where in the codebase can I find some "main entry point" to "core nix >> functionalities"? >> - what would you suggest I start translating first? (which .pm files) >> I'm open to all suggestions, including "hard but very useful" ones, as well >> as "easy but close to useless". >> >> Also, are you considering using some different languages (too?)? (Rust? >> Go? Lua in place of Perl?) I know C++ quite good, and thus I'm painfully >> aware of its flaws. (By the way, which version & toolchain are you assuming >> for Nix development? and do you have some coding conventions doc?) I'm >> fairly experienced in Go (more) and Lua (less), so I'm happy to discuss >> them; I have no experience with Rust, but I believe it has some nice >> advantages (including that IIUC it could be introduced gradually). >> >> Thanks, >> /Mateusz. >> _______________________________________________ >> nix-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >> <http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev> >> >>
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