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Re: C++ *for Git*

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Sep 22, 2007, 18:08 UTC
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<46F5318A.4030103@krose.org>
Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org> writes:
> I think the exception handling, garbage collection, and implicit
> object destruction provided by those languages (and by C++, as
> overwrought as it is) makes any codebase easier to understand and
> maintain.

Of course, some of the most horrid unreadable source code I've ever seen is in one of git's competitors -- written in python....

-Miles
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  4. Marco CostalbaSep 22, 2007
  5. Dmitry KakurinSep 23, 2007
  6. Kyle RoseSep 22, 2007
  7. Miles BaderSep 22, 2007
  8. [OT] Re: C++ *for Git*Kyle Rose, Sep 22, 2007
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