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		davexunit on Oct 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is Nix and why you should try it Those package expressions have Bash snippets embedded in them that run on the build daemon. The daemon doesn't evaluate Nix code.

thomastjeffery on Oct 16, 2017 [–]

How is that a problem?

davexunit on Oct 16, 2017 | [–]

The paper I linked to explains the drawbacks to such a design.

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