From: Paul Mackerras Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 04:28:06 GMT Subject: Re: FFmpeg considering GIT Message-ID: <17985.19926.347089.878721@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: 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. > 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.