Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change
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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
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- Nov 26, 2012, 05:10 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
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> Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net>: >> What about embedded systems? git is also useful there. C and shell is >> everywhere, python is not. > > Supposing this is true (and I question it with regard to shell) if you > tell me how you live without gitk and the Perl pieces I'll play that > right back at you as your answer.
gitk is unlikely to be used on an embedded system, the perl pieces more so.
I have never understood why people complain about readability in perl. Just because it uses the ascii charset a bit more? You expect a mathematician or indeed any scientist to use special symbols to mean special things, why not programmers?
Perhaps people should be forced to use COBOL for a few years (like I did, a long while ago) to appreciate brevity.