> putting a > dependency on Python would significantly increase the build > time and total lines of code to maintain just to have hg.
Go is in a different league: Heretical as it may seem, we can generate Go binaries without compelling all Plan 9 installations to include the Go toolchain, no matter how valuable some of us may perceive it. HG without Python is a dead rat. All for Bind in Go, raise both hands :-) ++L
