Guix: A most advanced operating system

I've just put Guix on a new desktop and have been really enjoying it. Required a bit of work, but I love anything Lisp related so it has been a joy to do the hacking. Also, a great and active community for its size, very helpful group.

I think Guix is amazing, but I went for Nix because I want nothing to do with GNU Guile and the terrible activism and bullying associated with it.

I’m just getting started with Nix, as it seems more mature than Guix. The argument the article makes is that using a real language (Guile Scheme) over a proprietary DSL (Nix Language) is a better proposition. Can anyone offer any anecdata on that, having used both or either? Does Nix’s inertia overcome its DSL which, while I find a bit ugly, doesn’t strike me as hard to work with?

Do I have to use emacs if I was to try out Guix?