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