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Subject: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>:
> >> These may apply to other languages as well. Where do we draw a line?
> >
> > I'm in favor of the general policy of avoiding scripting languages
> > other than the top three most widely deployed.  At the moment that
> > means shell, Python, Perl; on present trends, in a few years Perl
> > (dropping in popularity) might be passed by Ruby on the way up.
> 
> Top three according to whom?

According to the LOC counts in git's codebase.
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