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

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> The fact is, git is better than the other SCM's. And good taste (and C) is 
> one of the reasons for that.

To be very specific:
 - simple and clear core datastructures, with *very* lean and aggressive 
   code to manage them that takes the whole approach of "simplicity over 
   fancy" to the extreme.
 - a willingness to not abstract away the data structures and algorithms, 
   because those are the *whole*point* of core git. 

And if you want a fancier language, C++ is absolutely the worst one to 
choose. If you want real high-level, pick one that has true high-level 
features like garbage collection or a good system integration, rather than 
something that lacks both the sparseness and straightforwardness of C, 
*and* doesn't even have the high-level bindings to important concepts. 

IOW, C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things 
simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI 
programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is 
that actively encourags you to use simple and direct constructs.

				Linus