Re: FFmpeg considering GIT

From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date: May 9, 2007, 04:28 UTC
Message-ID: <17985.19926.347089.878721@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To: <e5bfff550705072330h3b59f4a5off5f9e341ccf3e7e@mail.gmail.com>

Marco Costalba writes:

> Language to use is C++, not C (much more powerful IMHO)

Sorry, C++ is not an option because I dislike it so much. The main reason for changing languages would be to enable people like Linus to hack on it more easily, and I don't think C++ would achieve that.

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> P.S: If you choose Qt/C++ (the best technically speaking ;-)  please
> you could consider starting from an already laid out code base instead
> of starting from scratch.
> As example, hmmmm, I think there is one called 'qgit', if I remember
> correctly. It's nice and very very very fast.

Yes, but isn't there already a talented hacker working on that? :)

Paul.

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