From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make "git reset" a builtin. (incomplete) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <46CC3090.7080500@gmail.com> <86absjenc3.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <46CC3C17.8040901@op5.se> <864pirej6w.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86mywjcwv7.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86absjcqfq.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <85ir77ky0u.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Aug 23 01:11:30 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 1INzMF-0004zK-TL for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:11:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932567AbXHVXLV (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:11:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932494AbXHVXLU (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:11:20 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:36613 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763683AbXHVXLT (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:11:19 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [207.189.120.55]) by smtp2.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l7MNAaxM007376 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:10:37 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l7MNAUsq009679; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:10:31 -0700 In-Reply-To: <85ir77ky0u.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.75 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,OSDL_HEADER_SUBJECT_BRACKETED,PATCH_SUBJECT_OSDL X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.28__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.185 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, David Kastrup wrote: > > > > But your statement is provably wrong. Just *look* at well-maintained > > projects that have extended way past their original design and usage > > model. A lot of them are in C. > > You mean like Emacs which is mostly scripted in Elisp? Or the Gimp > which is mainly scripted using script-fu? No. I mean standard C code projects. Like the kernel. Like a huge class of other projects that are C. Not scripts. Big, huge, projects are all done in C, and they are well-maintained. Scripting is not the rule at all. And it is silly to say that regular all-C projects need to have scripting. Linus