▲ 97 ▼ What are your opinions of Guix? (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 2 years ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments Reposting because it looks like federation failed. I was just reading about it, it sounds like a pretty cool OS and package manager. Has anyone actually used it?
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) So I guess they just wanted to use an established language? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Guile Scheme is the official extensions language for the GNU Project. Guile and Guix's history often intersect as Guix is seen as the shining poster child of Guile and contributes to a lot of Guile's development. When you say "Scheme" you should also refer to what type of Scheme you're referring to as there are multiple with different feature sets/goals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 2 years ago TIL. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaeme@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Guile Scheme is the official extensions language for the GNU Project. Guile and Guix's history often intersect as Guix is seen as the shining poster child of Guile and contributes to a lot of Guile's development. When you say "Scheme" you should also refer to what type of Scheme you're referring to as there are multiple with different feature sets/goals. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 2 years ago TIL. permalink fedilink source parent