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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md b/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md deleted file mode 100644 index 41deb07af..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -# Architecture - -*(This chapter is unstable and a work in progress. Incoming links may rot.)* - -This chapter describes how Nix works. -It should help users understand why Nix behaves as it does, and it should help developers understand how to modify Nix and how to write similar tools. - -## Overview - -Nix consists of [hierarchical layers][layer-architecture]. - -``` -+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| Nix | -| [ commmand line interface ]------, | -| | | | -| evaluates | | -| | manages | -| V | | -| [ configuration language ] | | -| | | | -| +-----------------------------|-------------------V-----------+ | -| | store evaluates to | | -| | | | | -| | referenced by V builds | | -| | [ build input ] ---> [ build plan ] ---> [ build result ] | | -| | | | -| +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | -+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -``` - -At the top is the [command line interface](../command-ref/command-ref.md), translating from invocations of Nix executables to interactions with the underlying layers. - -Below that is the [Nix expression language](../expressions/expression-language.md), a [purely functional][purely-functional-programming] configuration language. -It is used to compose expressions which ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build plans*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*. - -The command line and Nix language are what users interact with most. - -> **Note** -> The Nix language itself does not have a notion of *packages* or *configurations*. -> As far as we are concerned here, the inputs and results of a build plan are just data. - -Underlying these is the [Nix store](./store/store.md), a mechanism to keep track of build plans, data, and references between them. -It can also execute build plans to produce new data. - -A build plan is a series of *build tasks*. -Each build task has a special build input which is used as *build instructions*. -The result of a build task can be input to another build task. - -``` -+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| store | -| ................................................. | -| : build plan : | -| : : | -| [ build input ]-----instructions-, : | -| : | : | -| : v : | -| [ build input ]----------->[ build task ]--instructions-, : | -| : | : | -| : | : | -| : v : | -| : [ build task ]----->[ build result ] | -| [ build input ]-----instructions-, ^ : | -| : | | : | -| : v | : | -| [ build input ]----------->[ build task ]---------------' : | -| : ^ : | -| : | : | -| [ build input ]------------------' : | -| : : | -| : : | -| :...............................................: | -| | -+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -``` - -[layer-architecture]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture#Layers -[purely-functional-programming]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming |