2007/9/23, Antoni Grzymala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tako rzecze Kurt H Maier (w e-mailu datowanym 2007-09-23, 11:03): > > > Have you considered maybe his emotions are a part of his argument, and > > that's why he's conveying them? In addition to telling the guy why > > C++ is inappropriate for git, it's pretty clear he's tired of people > > rolling up and expounding on the obvious inherent superiority of > > $language. > > Yes. He's surely tired of that, what I'm saying is that putting too much > emotion into an argument actually spoils it in my opinion. Nothing more > than a way to start a flamewar. > > > Think about it. If he had posted some kind of emotionless drone about > > string handling in C, nothing would have come of it. Instead, he was > > emotional, articulate, and honest, and Anselm thought it sufficiently > > amusing/informative to post it here. I guarantee [dwm] isn't the only > > mailing list it's being discussed on -- which lets more people know > > that Linus is sticking with C for git. It also makes it clear that a > > person would be wasting his time to post "well c++ might not be the > > answer but clearly you should use $yet_another_language!" > > OK, I'm not proposing and emotionless drone, just thought that abusing > the other party up front with a big "*YOU* are full of bullshit" is > mostly unnecessary on a technical ML and makes the author look silly to > put it mildly. > > I have nothing against Anselm putting the link on this ML, in fact I too > found it a little amusing even if I was amused the other way round. So I > just posted my comment on the matter. > > > I'm still having a hard time figuring out how getting pissed off makes > > him a complete moron. Some of the most brilliant people I know get > > furious over trivial things. Strike that: _most_ of the brilliant > > people I know get furious over trivial things. What has made you > > equate anger with idiocy? > > Hey, I see your point. It's mostly about the wording: in my post I said > that what Linus wrote makes him look like a complete moron. So I'm not > equating anger with idiocy, just judging the outcome of his anger as > looking [completely] moronic and unnecessary. Perhaps "a complete > moron", if taken literally sounds too strong, but then, why shouldn't > you take my opinion literally if we're discussing Linus' opinion. No, > I'm not proposing that Linus *is* a moron (for obviously he is not), > just commented that he made himself look like one. > > Really, I can agree with most you're saying, just seeing the other side, > too. > > Best, > > [a] > > -- > . Antoni Grzymala - antoni (at) chopin.edu.pl -------------------. > | OpenPGP KeyID EB315583 available now from a keyserver near you | > | Fingerprint A819 6D2E D5EB D9E0 D2D9 7AF6 2FAF 4A11 EB31 5583 | > `----------------------------------------------------------------' > > >From my point of view and my experience in computer programming, I fully agree with Linus. I would not be happy to see dwm go C++ or even D. Since nothing is perfect, I'm not happy that debian aptitude is C++, gentoo paludis is C++, libtorrent is C++.
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