Re: [PATCH] Make "git reset" a builtin. (incomplete)

Hi,

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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What is wrong with going from shell to C?  C _is_ portable.  Instead 
of relying on _yet_ another scripting language, introducing _yet_ 
another language that people have to learn to hack git, introducing 
_yet_ another place for bugs to hide, why not just admit that shell is 
nice for _prototyping_?

This is a narrow view of the programming world that I don't share.

Well, you have to admit that some things are really, really hard to do in 
shell.  Just from the top of my head: locking, data structures, 
portability, scalability, process control.  There are a lot more, I guess, 
but for the _core_ of Git I really prefer C.

C is portable indeed, which is one of its upsides.  But it has many 
downsides too for many _users_, that as a Git _developer_ you apparently 
conveniently ignore.

I do not want to shove C down the throat of every Git user.  You can use 
_whatever_ scripting language you like.

Nevertheless, this is _different_ from the choice for _core_ Git.  
Eventually I'd like to be able to run Git on embedded systems, or my 
digital watch.

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Why do we have to to have the same discussion over and over and over 
again?

Because, as shown by the recurring nature of this discussion, using C for 
everything is evidently not the optimal solution.

I think the reason is different (as shown by the content of the 
discussion).

Ciao,
Dscho