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| From | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: [OT, deeply] Guix |
| Date | 2021-11-09 04:20 +0100 |
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>> >> In contrast, with NixOS/Guix that list is available in a plain text
>> >> editable file.
> I'm not sure I'd call scheme a "plain text".
Interesting. What I mean is a file that's intended to be manipulated by
a text editor rather than by some other program. It might *also* be
manipulated by other programs, but often it makes things more complicated.
It usually means that its visual presentation is intended to be
human-readable (e.g. with indentation and comments to help understand
the structure and intention).
[ That's what makes it hard to manipulate with other programs, since
you need to preserve layout and comments whose meaning relates to
intentions (i.e. hard to formalize) and hence difficult to preserve
other than by another human. ]
Stefan
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[OT, deeply] Guix riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 01:50 +0200
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2021-10-26 12:10 +0200
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-10-26 15:30 +0200
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> - 2021-11-07 08:30 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2021-11-07 12:40 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-07 15:00 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-08 16:10 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-11-08 17:00 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-08 22:50 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-09 04:30 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-10 23:30 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-11 10:00 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-11-09 13:40 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-09 04:20 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-11-11 06:20 +0100
Re: [OT, deeply] Guix Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-11-12 16:10 +0100
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