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On 7/7/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 7/7/06, Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Scripts are great, but they aren't for whole applications. Yes, that |
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> > would be a quotable. |
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> I think (someone please correct me if I am wrong) that most of portage |
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> is actually implemented in python. The actual merge process is shell |
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> script, but things like dependency resolution and so forth should be |
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> all python. |
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I don't speak much python. |
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> And python is actually pretty quick. Not nearly as fast as C, but |
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> easily fast enough for this kind of work. I think you would find the |
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> biggest gains would be from using more efficient algorithms and data |
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> storage, rather than re-implementing parts in another language. |
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Yeah, you're most likely right. |
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> -Richard |
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