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Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-svnconvert: YASI (Yet Another SVN importer)

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Apr 9, 2006, 22:06 UTC
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>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Johannes> I have _never_ seen a setup where Ruby was installed by Johannes> default. Perl always, Python often.

OSX includes ruby by default.

Johannes> Furthermore, my feeling is that we are in the beginning phase of Johannes> migration from scripting languages (which are good for prototyping) Johannes> towards plain C. So adding yet another scripting language Johannes> dependency is a little backwards.

You seem a bit prejudiced here. Are there performance problems in the Perl and python parts of git? If so, concentrate first on optimizing the code where it matters. Then, creating bindings to the "git lib" so that the heavy lifting can be done in C while still providing for the basic algorithms to be written in a higher level language.

It would be a step *backwards* to recode all of git in C.

Now, the *shell* parts, on the other hand, are screaming for a rewrite into Perl or Python. fork-fork-fork and worrying about escaping special characters needlessly burns a lot of cpu and programmer time.

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Message 5 of 5 in “[ANNOUNCE] git-svnconvert: YASI (Yet Another SVN importer)”
  1. Rutger NijlunsingApr 9, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiApr 9, 2006
  3. Rutger NijlunsingApr 9, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2006
  5. Randal L. SchwartzApr 9, 2006

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