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@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Nix consists of layers that operate fairly independently.
At the top is the *command line interface*, i.e. the argument parsing of the various Nix executables.
Below that is the Nix *expression language*, in which packages and configurations are written.
These are the layers which users interact with most.
The command line and expression language are what users interact with most.
Below that is the *store layer*, Nix' machinery to represent tracked files, dependencies, and fully elaborated build plans.
It is also used for executing those build plans.