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* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Mention Nix with a xref to
  "Acknowledgments".
  (Acknowledgments): Add link to nixos.org.
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@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ software packages, etc.
@cindex functional package management
The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management
discipline. In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
discipline pioneered by Nix (@pxref{Acknowledgments}).
In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
as a function, in the mathematical sense. That function takes inputs,
such as build scripts, a compiler, and libraries, and
returns an installed package. As a pure function, its result depends
@ -8421,7 +8422,8 @@ reason.
@node Acknowledgments
@chapter Acknowledgments
Guix is based on the Nix package manager, which was designed and
Guix is based on the @uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager},
which was designed and
implemented by Eelco Dolstra, with contributions from other people (see
the @file{nix/AUTHORS} file in Guix.) Nix pioneered functional package
management, and promoted unprecedented features, such as transactional