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Re: [PATCH] Document git-runstatus

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Joshua N Pritikin <jpritikin@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 20, 2006, 07:15 UTC
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<20061120071529.GF3315@always.joy.eth.net>
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On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:13:08PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote:
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> BTW, I've finally found a fine example of situation parallel to Git:
> TeX!  There are the core TeX commands (plumbing) and plain TeX (basic
> porcelain) on top of that as well as a bunch of other macro sets (other
> porcelains). Now I need to dig out The TeXbook from wherever I've put it
> to see how did Knuth deal with it, documentation-wise.

Gahh! Please don't use TeX as an example. As far as I know, TeX doesn't offer lexical scope. Hence, action-at-a-distance is commonplace which makes program execution extremely difficult for mere mortals to predict. I am constantly amazed at popularity of TeX, in spite of its grave deficiencies. Perhaps there isn't a good alternative yet.

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Message 11 of 12 in “Document git-runstatus”
  1. Document git-runstatusRene Scharfe, Nov 18, 2006
  2. SeanNov 18, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisNov 18, 2006
  4. Rene ScharfeNov 18, 2006
  5. SeanNov 18, 2006
  6. A Large Angry SCMNov 18, 2006
  7. SeanNov 18, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2006
  9. SeanNov 18, 2006
  10. Petr BaudisNov 19, 2006
  11. Joshua N PritikinNov 20, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiNov 20, 2006

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