From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mike Coleman" Subject: Re: newbie questions about git design and features (some wrt hg) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:11:37 -0600 Message-ID: <3c6c07c20701302311w38b3dbdfs553c089505516fd0@mail.gmail.com> References: <3c6c07c20701300820l42cfc8dbsb80393fc1469f667@mail.gmail.com> <7v8xfkz8oj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <3c6c07c20701301938u4d1503a2m3e0af51121b8e6db@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Linus Torvalds" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jan 31 08:11:44 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HC9d8-0007SH-S8 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:11:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932801AbXAaHLk (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:11:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932837AbXAaHLk (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:11:40 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]:51035 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932806AbXAaHLj (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:11:39 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id o25so460417nfa for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:11:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=krlocAsdaVj2qzy9fCnChLQcC5MDPncFt/3Zs7kFSaqyOdlWRUebvyNf87C/wsBlhIf+MNx9tZkKSrjoLkt7AgKKMjdF3fmZZxIk6sKpMiq4jFVEYp0D8U4qqF9SMCCmugjFFluL+/NL/zpMGB7jpFYNdHj4rcrFWiRp3pysicA= Received: by 10.49.8.16 with SMTP id l16mr1944808nfi.1170227497240; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:11:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.246.15 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:11:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 1/30/07, Linus Torvalds wrote: > But I'll admit - my main reason going with C is (a) it's what I know and > (b) I absolutely _hate_ being constrained by the language. The great thing > about C (still) is that you can do *anything* in it. You're literally > limited by hardware, and by your own abilities. Nothing else. I have a lot of sympathy for this way of thinking, and maybe even a little envy of people who've found worthy things to do at this level. But I'm also very lazy (and probably not that talented). So, I count myself lucky that I've found a niche in the age of Python/Ruby/etc and Moore's Law. I turn programs around quickly, telling users "come back if you need it to go faster", at which point I would profile and drop to C, or even assembler. But they never do--they just want the next program. Mike