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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:20:38 -0600 |
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Dale wrote: |
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> I read a link provided earlier about Plaudis, (sp?). It seems that |
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> Portage has a lot of hacks in it, according to what I read anyway. Is |
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> that true? Also, is it being wrote with python hurting portage as for |
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> as the program itself? If it is, why are they not trying to switch to |
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> something else? If C++ is better, then putting off changing is only |
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> going to get harder as time goes on. |
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IMHO, python is a very nice object oriented language and C++ is no |
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better (unless you need particular features of the language). I |
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suspect C++ runs somewhat faster, but that's not the issue here. As I |
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understand, portage needs to deal with lots of special cases and |
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exceptions to the general rules for updating package. Special cases |
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and exceptions always lead to complications and messy code. Switching |
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languages doesn't help a situation like this. |
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