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Core and Not-So Core

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Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
May 10, 2005, 17:51 UTC
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On 5/11/05, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:36:29AM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
> > I have already explained all the pragmatic reasons for doing a GIT
> > implementation in Java but you are prepared to ignore all of those
> > reasons. You have ignored all these reasons rather than lift a finger
> > to compose a well-reasoned rebuttal.
>
> You tried to argue for re-inventing the wheel.  Fortunately you are
> allowed to reinvent the wheel here (which isn't given anymore these
> days).  Just don't expect any support from people who have been burnt
> by that before.  And the Java world is re-inventing the wheel far to
> often - I suspect that'll be cured when the community gets more mature
> in a few years..
>

I am _not_ re-inventing any wheel. Merely building a road through different territory upon which the GIT wheel may roll more freely.

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the UNIX mindset of building small tools and composing them freely. But the UNIX way isn't the only way to interact with the world and it is being hopelessly dogmatic to insist otherwise.

jon. -- homepage: http://www.zeta.org.au/~jon/ blog: http://orwelliantremors.blogspot.com/

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  1. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  2. David WoodhouseMay 10, 2005
  3. Eduardo Teixeira DiasMay 10, 2005
  4. David WoodhouseMay 10, 2005
  5. Eduardo Teixeira DiasMay 10, 2005
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  7. Eduardo Teixeira DiasMay 10, 2005
  8. Diego CallejaMay 10, 2005
  9. Eduardo Teixeira DiasMay 10, 2005
  10. Eduardo Teixeira DiasMay 10, 2005
  11. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  12. Andreas GalMay 10, 2005
  13. James PurserMay 10, 2005
  14. Christoph HellwigMay 11, 2005
  15. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005
  16. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  17. David WoodhouseMay 10, 2005
  18. Daniel BarkalowMay 10, 2005
  19. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  20. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005
  21. Peter WilliamsMay 11, 2005
  22. Nicolas PitreMay 11, 2005
  23. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005
  24. Noel GrandinMay 11, 2005
  25. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005
  26. Juliusz ChroboczekMay 18, 2005
  27. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  28. David WoodhouseMay 10, 2005
  29. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  30. Christoph HellwigMay 10, 2005
  31. Rik van RielMay 11, 2005
  32. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005
  33. Petr BaudisMay 11, 2005
  34. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  35. Davide LibenziMay 10, 2005
  36. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  37. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2005
  38. Jon SeymourMay 10, 2005
  39. Daniel BarkalowMay 11, 2005
  40. Jon SeymourMay 11, 2005

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