From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 01:59:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Core and Not-So Core
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0505102158140.17216@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <2cfc4032050510101553d391b2@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Jon Seymour wrote:

> I did consider wrapping it - I really did. But after thinking about it 
> for a couple of weeks I eventually came to the conclusion it would be a 
> sub-optimal solution.

> So, if I want a stable foundation to build my stuff on, basing it on
> the output of the C tools would be a huge mistake.

Can Java use a library that's implemented in C, like Python
and Perl can?  If that is the case, the C implementation of
git simply needs the ability to be called as a library and
you can implement Java bindings for it.

That should also make it easier to create front-ends in
other languages...

-- 
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan