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| author | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-06-15 03:06:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> | 2023-06-15 03:08:07 +0200 |
| commit | c3c40763421e881ed5c326ed88a0539b6585c368 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f0f3737249bdcb6fc6aafc7277e0f4cf5844a50 /doc/manual/src/language/index.md | |
| parent | db680e0e5751828e788bff4becd89886bde71480 (diff) | |
make domain-specificity more specific
also slightly reword the purpose statement to introduce (and explain)
derivations right away.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/language/index.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md index 69ebc70c0..29950a52d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ # Nix Language -The Nix language is +The Nix language is designed for conveniently creating and composing *derivations* – precise descriptions of how contents of existing files are used to derive new files. +It is: - *domain-specific* - Its purpose is to conveniently create and compose precise descriptions of how contents of existing files are used to derive new files. + It comes with [built-in functions](@docroot@/language/builtins.md) to integrate with the Nix store, which manages files and performs the derivations declared in the Nix language. - *declarative* |