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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Subject: Re: How to present Guix to a wider audience
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Hi Arun!

Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net> writes:

> Reads well to me, but that could be because I already understand the
> content of the essay. I don't know how practical it is, but if we can
> get people who have never heard of Guix to read it, their opinion would
> be of much value.

Indeed.  I've given it to a couple of friends who are not familiar with
Guix.  I'm still waiting for their feedback.

>> Applications are /written/ in the form of /source code/, which is a seri=
es of
>> instructions for the computer stored as text files.  But the machine can=
not read
>> theses files directly: it must first be /compiled/ into /machine code/. =
 The
>> resulting /compiled application/ can then be run by the user.
>
> Minor typo: "theses" -> "these"

Fixed, thanks!

=2D-=20
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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