Core and Not-So Core

[Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>]

On 5/11/05, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:36:29AM +1000, Jon Seymour wrote:
> > I have already explained all the pragmatic reasons for doing a GIT
> > implementation in Java but you are prepared to ignore all of those
> > reasons. You have ignored all these reasons rather than lift a finger
> > to compose a well-reasoned rebuttal.
>
> You tried to argue for re-inventing the wheel.  Fortunately you are
> allowed to reinvent the wheel here (which isn't given anymore these
> days).  Just don't expect any support from people who have been burnt
> by that before.  And the Java world is re-inventing the wheel far to
> often - I suspect that'll be cured when the community gets more mature
> in a few years..
>

I am _not_ re-inventing any wheel. Merely building a road through
different territory upon which the GIT wheel may roll more freely.

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the UNIX mindset of building small
tools and composing them freely. But the UNIX way isn't the only way
to interact with the world and it is being hopelessly dogmatic to
insist otherwise.

jon.
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