As a NixOs lover and user, nix-the-language is my least loved feature of the ecosystem. But at a user is not a big problem because I only write configurations for myself, and it's not like my OS configuration is a proper program, it's closer to data.
One upside is that because it's hard to write complex programs in nix, people don't do it (unless really needed). So the nixos tutorials and configuration examples on the internet are usually pretty simple. This is good for beginners, and nixos is already a huge undertaking.
With lisp I'm sure many of us would get crazy with abstractions.
One upside is that because it's hard to write complex programs in nix, people don't do it (unless really needed). So the nixos tutorials and configuration examples on the internet are usually pretty simple. This is good for beginners, and nixos is already a huge undertaking.
With lisp I'm sure many of us would get crazy with abstractions.