**fgaz** @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo · Mar 30, 2023, 08:14

**fgaz** @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo · Mar 30, 2023, 08:14

fgaz @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo

Mar 30, 2023, 08:14

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. #Tcl would be a really good #NixOS builder language.

Incredibly portable
Easily bootstrappable
Like bash but without many of its pitfalls
Like lisp but with an arguably cleaner and more familiar syntax

There are also disadvantages, but you can probably count on one hand programming languages that are suited for the task.

@wamserma

RE: https://cdrom.tokyo/objects/6c88a7dc-52bd-4481-879d-78e34dc58b14

**fgaz** @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo

fgaz @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo

@wamserma @mic92 @Ericson2314 @zimbatm I think a project like hydra would benefit more from a language with strong static types *cough* #Haskell *c...

**l'empathie mécanique** @dpwiz@qoto.org · Mar 30, 2023, 08:28

**l'empathie mécanique** @dpwiz@qoto.org · Mar 30, 2023, 08:28

Mar 30, 2023, 08:28

l'empathie mécanique @dpwiz@qoto.org

@fgaz @wamserma Isn't it LUA in 2020s?..

**fgaz** @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo · Mar 30, 2023, 08:36

**fgaz** @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo · Mar 30, 2023, 08:36

Mar 30, 2023, 08:36

fgaz @fgaz@cdrom.tokyo

@dpwiz @wamserma lua is great, but imagine writing shell-like code in lua…

os.execute(...) os.execute(...) os.execute(...)

Sure, some stuff could be abstracted or implemented in lua itself (install(), substituteInPlace()`…), but I feel like this kind of glue code will always be external calls for the most part