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

From: Syed M Raihan <syed_raihan@yahoo.com>
Date: May 22, 2012, 18:30 UTC
Message-ID: <loom.20120522T201747-568@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0709061839510.5626@evo.linux-foundation.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org> writes:

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> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:
> > 
> > When I first looked at Git source code two things struck me as odd:
> > 1. Pure C as opposed to C++. No idea why. Please don't talk about port,
> > it's BS.
> 
> *YOU* are full of bullshit.
> 
> C++ is a horrible language. It's made more horrible by the fact that a lot 
> of substandard programmers use it, to the point where it's much much 
> easier to generate total and utter crap with it. Quite frankly, even if 
> the choice of C were to do *nothing* but keep the C++ programmers out, 
> that in itself would be a huge reason to use C.
> 			Linus
>

C++ has one weakness that is ABI compatibility among compilers. Other than that Object Model does not make things horrible. I have seen 15 years old C++ application library which still uses old implementation to implement new enhancement/features that just works seamlessly and even an old dog can learn this old library written in C++.

I have seen C programmers constantly trying how they can mimic poly-morphism, inheritance and encapsulation in their C. This is just *BS* - if you dont want C++ then dont use poly-morphism, inheritance and encapsulation in your C code! Or else just use C++ or Jave or C#.

Regards Please note: I am really a Fan of Linus Torvalds since ever :) Syed Raihan