simplify description of diagram

try not to be too fancy, it's just for reading the diagram out loud.
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Valentin Gagarin 2022-06-21 14:25:30 +02:00
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The following diagram shows a radical simplification of how Nix interacts with the operating system:
It uses files as build inputs, and build outputs are files again.
On the operating system, files are either "dead" data, or "live" as processes, which in turn operate on files, or can bring them to life.
On the operating system, files can be run as processes, which in turn operate on files.
A build function also amounts to an operating system process (not depicted).
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