From 9d20a056c82b129ab2584169e692c7f3e324fa29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 01:36:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] remove external link the language has its own overview page where its properties are described in sufficient detail. --- doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md b/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md index 0df4fbc68..4b0704894 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/architecture/architecture.md @@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ Nix consists of [hierarchical layers]. 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 language](../language/index.md), a [purely functional] 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*. - -[purely functional]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming +Below that is the [Nix language](../language/index.md), the configuration language for Nix. +Its expressions ultimately evaluate to self-contained *build plans*, used to derive *build results* from referenced *build inputs*. The command line interface and the Nix language are what users interact with most.