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Re: Are C++ contributions welcome?

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 20, 2008, 13:03 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, jose maria gomez vergara wrote:
> I know that C++ code was not welcome sometime ago, but I don't know if 
> this have changed.
You probably mean
	http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/58929
but I cannot help but wonder why anything should have changed since then.
> I don't feel comfortable programing in C and I prefer C++ only because I 
> have more experience using this one. May I contribute to this project in 
> that language?.

Of course, you can try to contribute something in C++, but that will probably only trigger someone rewriting your stuff in (portable) C and take all your credit.

Heck, I might do it myself ;-)

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. jose maria gomez vergaraJun 20, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  3. Martin LanghoffJun 20, 2008
  4. Jose María Gómez VergaraJun 20, 2008
  5. Jose María Gómez VergaraJun 20, 2008
  6. David KastrupJun 20, 2008
  7. Jose María Gómez VergaraJun 20, 2008
  8. Raimund BauerJun 20, 2008
  9. Barry RobertsJun 20, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiJun 20, 2008
  11. Sverre RabbelierJun 20, 2008
  12. Jose María Gómez VergaraJun 20, 2008
  13. David KastrupJun 21, 2008
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