Re: newbie questions about git design and features (some wrt hg)

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 31, 2007, 04:57 UTC
Message-ID: <7vodofx06s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701302029460.3611@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

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> But I'll admit - my main reason going with C is (a) it's what I know and 
> (b) I absolutely _hate_ being constrained by the language. The great thing 
> about C (still) is that you can do *anything* in it. You're literally 
> limited by hardware, and by your own abilities. Nothing else.
>
> 			Linus

Well, if you count "time" as part of your own ability then that is true. Some things are too cumbersome and not performance critical enough to do in C.

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