Nix/Lang

• Nix language

  • A Programming/Language/DSL for the Nix ecosystem (store paths, derivations, configuration). Grouped under Programming/Language/Func in this garden.

  • Docs

    • Intro tutorial: Nix language basics — nix.dev documentation
    • Language reference: Nix Language - Nix 2.28.6 Reference Manual

  • How the manual characterizes the language

    • Domain Specific Language — Built-in functions connect expressions to the Nix store and declared derivations.
    • Declar/at/ive — Dependencies are expressed as data, not as an ordered sequence of execution steps.
    • Pure — Values do not change during evaluation; functions are deterministic for the same inputs (see Programming/Language/Func).
    • Functional — Functions are first-class values; they can be named, passed as arguments, and returned (see Programming/Language/Func).
    • Lazy — Expressions are evaluated when their values are needed—non-strict evaluation (see Programming/Language/Func).
    • Dynamically typed — Type mismatches surface when expressions are evaluated, not before (see Programming/Time/Run, “Dynamically typed languages”).