enemenemu@lemm.ee to Nix / NixOS@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agowhy is it called nix? unix without umessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squarewhy is it called nix? unix without uenemenemu@lemm.ee to Nix / NixOS@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareblackschild@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoFootnote in the paper on page 3: The name Nix is derived from the Dutch word niks, meaning nothing; build actions do not see anything that has not been explicitly declared as an input.
Footnote in the paper on page 3: The name Nix is derived from the Dutch word niks, meaning nothing; build actions do not see anything that has not been explicitly declared as an input.