From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>, "Steven Grimm" <koreth@midwinter.com>,
"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What's so special about objects/17/ ?
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:54:36 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh8hxtfzn.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c904d10e-d6a1-b1d4-73eb-fb93f5caecdb@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:39:47 +0200")
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> Am 07.10.18 um 21:06 schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:
>> Picking any one number is explained in the comment. I'm asking why 17 in
>> particular not for correctness reasons but as a bit of historical lore,
>> and because my ulterior is to improve the GC docs.
>>
>> The number in that comic is 4 (and no datestamp on when it was
>> published). Are you saying Junio's patch is somehow a reference to that
>> xkcd in particular, or that it's just a funny reference in this context?
>
> No lore, AFAIR. It's just a random number, determined by a fair dice
> roll or something ;)
As I already said, I did not pick the number randomly, but rather
arbitrarily, and it is not 00 because the chosen number (unlike the
0{40} magic we use elsewhere) does not have to be memorable, and the
choice does not have to be explainable.
So people will not get any further explanation as to the reason
behind that arbitrary choice, but it was not random.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-08 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-05 7:09 People unaware of the importance of "git gc"? Linus Torvalds
2007-09-05 7:21 ` Martin Langhoff
2007-09-05 7:37 ` Karl Hasselström
2007-09-05 7:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 7:26 ` Tomash Brechko
2007-09-05 8:13 ` Johan Herland
2007-09-05 8:39 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-09-05 8:41 ` Johan Herland
2007-09-05 8:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 8:51 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-09-05 9:02 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 9:04 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-09-05 8:51 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2007-09-05 7:42 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-09-05 8:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 8:50 ` Steven Grimm
[not found] ` <86ps0xcwxo.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
2007-09-05 9:07 ` Steven Grimm
2007-09-05 9:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 9:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 9:27 ` Martin Langhoff
2007-09-05 9:33 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-09-05 14:17 ` Johan De Messemaeker
2007-09-05 17:31 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-09-05 23:56 ` Jeff King
2007-09-05 9:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 9:14 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-09-05 17:51 ` Nix
2007-09-05 18:14 ` Steven Grimm
2007-09-05 18:22 ` Nix
2007-09-05 18:54 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-09-05 20:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 20:35 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-09-05 21:14 ` Nix
2007-09-05 21:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 23:04 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-09-05 23:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-06 0:27 ` Carlos Rica
2007-09-06 5:55 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 21:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-05 21:59 ` Invoke "git gc --auto" from commit, merge, am and rebase Junio C Hamano
2007-09-06 2:39 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-05 20:37 ` [PATCH] Invoke "git gc --auto" from "git add" and "git fetch" Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <69b0c0350709051357ifa547aarfe3e0b36cf9be98f@mail.gmail.com>
2007-09-05 20:59 ` Fwd: " Govind Salinas
2007-09-06 12:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-05 21:18 ` People unaware of the importance of "git gc"? Alex Riesen
2007-09-06 2:44 ` Russ Dill
2007-09-06 2:52 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-06 9:28 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-09-06 2:45 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-06 2:49 ` Steven Grimm
2007-09-06 2:56 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-06 15:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-09-06 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-06 18:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-09-06 18:29 ` Steven Grimm
2007-09-06 23:12 ` Subject: [PATCH] git-merge-pack Junio C Hamano
2007-09-06 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-09-07 0:51 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-09-07 1:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-07 2:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2007-09-07 4:07 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-07 4:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-08 9:50 ` [PATCH] make sha1_file.c::matches_pack_name() available to others Junio C Hamano
2007-09-08 10:01 ` [PATCH] pack-objects --repack-unpacked Junio C Hamano
2007-09-07 7:11 ` Subject: [PATCH] git-merge-pack Johannes Sixt
2007-09-07 7:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-09-07 7:24 ` Andy Parkins
2007-09-07 4:48 ` People unaware of the importance of "git gc"? Shawn O. Pearce
2007-09-07 10:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-10-07 18:28 ` What's so special about objects/17/ ? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-10-07 18:35 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-10-07 19:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-10-07 22:39 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-10-08 0:54 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-10-07 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-07 20:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-08 19:17 ` Stefan Beller
2018-10-09 1:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-09 17:37 ` Stefan Beller
2018-10-10 1:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-10 19:08 ` Stefan Beller
2018-10-08 10:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-10-09 1:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-09 17:40 ` Stefan Beller
2007-09-05 8:16 ` People unaware of the importance of "git gc"? David Kastrup
2007-09-05 16:47 ` Govind Salinas
2007-09-05 17:19 ` Carl Worth
2007-09-05 17:55 ` Jing Xue
2007-09-05 17:35 ` Steven Grimm
2007-09-05 18:28 ` Nix
2007-09-05 17:44 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-09-05 18:46 ` Brandon Casey
2007-09-05 19:09 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 19:13 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-09-05 19:43 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-05 19:20 ` Mike Hommey
2007-09-05 21:07 ` Alex Riesen
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