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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:26:39 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:
> 
> > I was pointing out that I've been programming in different languages 
> > (many more actually) and observed bad developers writing bad code in 
> > all of them. So this quality "bad developer" is actually 
> > language-agnostic :-).
> 
> You can write bad code in any language. However, some languages, and 
> especially some *mental* baggages that go with them are bad.

There is an important additional point: a language like C _holds_ you to a 
certain degree of diligence.

In my day-job I have to code in other languages, which make it "easy" to 
code.  As a result, the code I have to work with is sloppy, ugly and 
buggy.  By applying the same principles I am _forced_ to use in C, with 
Git, I produce better code.

Ciao,
Dscho