From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document git-runstatus Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:11:48 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <455F1595.9020009@lsrfire.ath.cx> <20061118092644.a9f15669.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20061118143511.GM7201@pasky.or.cz> <455F210B.8000107@lsrfire.ath.cx> <455F4F06.3090902@gmail.com> <455F60EA.2080009@gmail.com> <20061118150431.81076072.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> <20061119181307.GY7201@pasky.or.cz> <20061120071529.GF3315@always.joy.eth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm4El-0007D9-A0 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:10:43 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933829AbWKTIKk (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:10:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933994AbWKTIKk (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:10:40 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39058 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933829AbWKTIKj (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:10:39 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm4EZ-0007AF-6W for git@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:10:31 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.24.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:10:31 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-24-209.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:10:31 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:13:08PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: >> BTW, I've finally found a fine example of situation parallel to Git: >> TeX! There are the core TeX commands (plumbing) and plain TeX (basic >> porcelain) on top of that as well as a bunch of other macro sets (other >> porcelains). Now I need to dig out The TeXbook from wherever I've put it >> to see how did Knuth deal with it, documentation-wise. > > Gahh! Please don't use TeX as an example. As far as I know, TeX doesn't > offer lexical scope. It offers grouping. > Hence, action-at-a-distance is commonplace which > makes program execution extremely difficult for mere mortals to > predict. I am constantly amazed at popularity of TeX, in spite of its > grave deficiencies. Perhaps there isn't a good alternative yet. TeX (even plain TeX) is like assembler of programming languages. One does usually use one of the TeX macros sets, like LaTeX, ConTeXt or texinfo. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git