From: David Kastrup Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:52:44 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library. Message-ID: <85642n7yrn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> In-Reply-To: "Dmitry Kakurin" writes: > ... and explain where I'm coming from: > My goal is to *use* Git. When something does not work *for me* I want > to be able to fix it (and contribute the fix) in *shortest time > possible* and with *minimal efforts*. As for me it's a diversion from > my main activities. > The fact that Git is written in C does not really contribute to that goal. > Suggestion to use C++ is the only alternative with existing C codebase. > So while C++ may not be the best choice "academically speaking" it's > pretty much the only practical choice. Sorry, but for fixing things in C, I can look and work locally. For fixing things in C++, I first need to understand the class hierarchies used in the project. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum