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2022-09-02

Jsonnet NixOS
Front End Package Manager Configuration Management Software Development
  1. Jsonnet Landing Page
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    Jsonnet

    A powerful DSL for elegant description of JSON data.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Configuration Management #Software Development #Mobile Apps 32 social mentions

  2. NixOS Landing Page
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    NixOS

    25 Jun 2014 . All software components in NixOS are installed using the Nix package manager. Packages in Nix are defined using the nix language to create nix expressions.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    > This is why Nix is really just a front for bash. For all of its faults, at least bash is Turing-complete. Nix is Turing-complete. This was even sometimes considered a problem because it makes the language too powerful: https://nixos.org/~eelco/talks/guix-feb-2018.pdf.

    #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Linux Tools 246 social mentions

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