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

El 7/9/2007, a las 13:54, Andreas Ericsson escribió:

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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Hi,
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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Wincent Colaiuta wrote:

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El 7/9/2007, a las 2:21, Dmitry Kakurin escribi?:

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I just wanted to get a sense of how many people share this "Git  
should
be in pure C" doctrine.

Count me as one of them. Git is all about speed, and C is the  
best choice
for speed, especially in context of Git's workload.

Nono, hand-optimized assembly is the best choice for speed. C is  
just
a little more portable ;-)

I have a buck here that says that you cannot hand-optimise  
assembly (on modern processors at least) as good as even gcc.

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/1746.html

I win. Donate $1 to FSF next time you get the opportunity ;-)

Well, you picked a very specific algorithm amenable to that kind of  
optimization: small, manageable, with a minimal and well-defined  
performance critical section that could be written in assembly. Note  
how a good chunk of the implementation was still in C. At most I'd  
give you 75 cents for that one. ;-)

Wincent