@[email protected] to Nix / [email protected]English • 17 days agowhy is it called nix? unix without umessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up18
arrow-up18message-squarewhy is it called nix? unix without u@[email protected] to Nix / [email protected]English • 17 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarejuipeltjelinkfedilinkEnglish4•17 days agoI think nix being slang for nichts is a coincidence, because it actually comes from the dutch word “niks”, which also means nothing. I think this is mentioned on the NixOS website somewhere.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•13 days agoOK, its going down to the wire, which language had nix sounding word first?
I think nix being slang for nichts is a coincidence, because it actually comes from the dutch word “niks”, which also means nothing. I think this is mentioned on the NixOS website somewhere.
OK, its going down to the wire, which language had nix sounding word first?