Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.

From: Dario Rodriguez <soft.d4rio@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 11, 2010, 13:33 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, I don't know when Dmitri written his post, but git uses its own
> string manipulation mini-library, named strbuf, at least since end of 2007
> (Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt was added as stub on 2007-11-24).

An interesting point, Dmitri written this post on September 2007... why the flamewar continuation? just curiosity...

Now, as a resume of flames and concepts, the 'better' things in the string library (also the first excuse for C++ apologists, as a repetitive piece of youknowwhat) are pure algorithms and data structures, easy to code in C. The goal isn't in the OO design or abstraction itself, or in the language...

Personally, I use C++ almost every day at work and I found it stupid. I love pure C.

Cheers, Dario (argentina)