Domen, I think this evolved from why perl -> c++ not perl -> X. Not sure this went to nix -> X. But if decision was already made that c++ is the one, probably discussion is over :)?
2015-12-31 11:13 GMT+00:00 Domen Kožar <[email protected]>: > I really don't see a correlation between rewriting perl parts in C++ and > why/how we should rewrite Nix in a different language. Could we separate > the threads? > > > Mateusz, did you get an answer to your questions to be able to start > contributing? > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:05 PM, stewart mackenzie <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Language features of the implementation language are generally lost when >> implementing a new language. >> >> So we are left with: "can be compiled and existing infrastructure." >> >> Leveraging LLVM would be astute. >> >> On 31 Dec 2015 21:47, "Tomasz Czyż" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Why not haskell? >> > >> > It's functional (like nix), can be compiled, in nixos, there is already >> infrastructure for it. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nix-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >> >> > -- Tomasz Czyż
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