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Subject: Re: CFT: merge-recursive in C (updated)
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Linus Torvalds, Tue, Jun 27, 2006 21:10:07 +0200:
> > HOWEVER, I think it is a very good start. It _works_, albeit slow, and we 
> > have test cases in place to make sure that our wonderful optimizations do 
> > not break the tool.
> 
> Yeah, once it's all in C, it's going to be easier to move functionality 
> around incrementally.
> 

That's why I started it: it'll eventually become so easy to move
functionality around, that it will move all by itself and optimizes
in a perfect code.