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mention that the stdenv automates a lot of this

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If you haven't already read the tutorial on making a derivation, please go do so before reading this!
In this tutorial, we'll see how to create Nix derivations to package C/C++ software.
In this tutorial, we'll see how to create Nix derivations to package C/C++ software, taking advantage of the [`nixpkgs` `stdenv`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-stdenv) which automates much of the work of building self-contained C/C++ packages.
We'll begin by considering `hello`, a feature-complete implementation of the famous "hello world", which requires no external dependencies.