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From: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:19:43 +0200
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El 7/9/2007, a las 6:06, Paul Wankadia escribi=F3:

> Wincent Colaiuta <win <at> wincent.com> writes:
>
>>> I just wanted to get a sense of how many people share this "Git =20
>>> should
>>> be in pure C" doctrine.
>>
>> Count me as one of them. Git is all about speed, and C is the best
>> choice for speed, especially in context of Git's workload.
>
> I concur, but I also feel that D, Clean and OCaml are viable =20
> alternatives.

Yes, they have reputation for speed[1], but also a smaller number of =20
people know them[2].

[1] <http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?=20
test=3Dall&lang=3Dall>
[2] <http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm>

Cheers,
Wincent