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==== The Expression Language ====
==== The Expression Language ====
[[File:nix-expression-BNF.jpg|thumb|275px|left|Figure 1: [[:en:Backus-Naur form|BNF]] of the Nix Expression language]]


Figure 1 shows the syntax of the Nix expression languages. The scripting which declaratively captures the elements of a given Nix configuration item so that it can be manipulated in operations is called that package's ''expression''<ref>[http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/pubs/nixos-jfp-submitted.pdf ''NixOS: A Purely Functional Linux Distribution'' Dolstr and L&ouml;h]</ref>
Figure 1 shows the syntax of the Nix expression languages. The scripting which declaratively captures the elements of a given Nix configuration item so that it can be manipulated in operations is called that package's ''expression''<ref>[http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/pubs/nixos-jfp-submitted.pdf ''NixOS: A Purely Functional Linux Distribution'' Dolstr and L&ouml;h]</ref>
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The distinctive features of Nix/NixOS include:
The distinctive features of Nix/NixOS include:


[[File:nix-expression-BNF.jpg|thumb|275px|left|Figure 1: [[:en:Backus-Naur form|BNF]] of the Nix Expression language]]
===Continuous integration===
===Continuous integration===


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