Post B2NZfPJlyP7G2RzmDI by anselmschueler@ieji.de
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 (DIR) Post #B2NZfPJlyP7G2RzmDI by anselmschueler@ieji.de
       2026-01-15T23:06:46Z
       
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       Any sufficiently complicated package manager and build system contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of #Nix.Unfortunately, saying that gives the impression that Nix is somehow comparable in elegance to Lisp. I’m sure I would come to believe this if I used Lisp as much as I used Nix. But in the meantime I need to point out that Nix is itself ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, and slow.NOTE: Apparently this is a bit too obtuse. This is a reference to Greenspun’s tenth rule, which says "Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.". And what I meant by "[…] I would […] believe [Nix is comparable to Lisp] If I used Lisp [more]", I meant that that would happen because I’d start liking Lisp less.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NZfQfmw2JwF1IsAS by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
       2026-01-17T14:55:12Z
       
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       @anselmschueler > ...informally specified, bug ridden, slow implementation of half of #NixCppNix itself being the prime example
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NZiIuqEU7t3FiPLM by anselmschueler@ieji.de
       2026-01-17T14:55:45Z
       
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       @nobody that's literally what I said
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NZmPXFYzlujvdfTU by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
       2026-01-17T14:56:31Z
       
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       @anselmschueler Yup sorry, fingers quicker than eyes