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Re: Time to rewrite dpkg IN IDL! :)



* Marcus Brinkmann said:

> > dpkg is already far too slow on old hardware...hell, it's too slow on
> > a P200 with 200MB of RAM, now that the status and available files have
> > over 3300 packages detailed in them.
> 
> Yeah, it's slow, and it's written in C.
Linux is slow. It's written in C. Yeah...

> And you want to cinvince me by your un-emotional argumentation that it will
> be even slower in C++?
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> ignoring things like maintenability and development of code looks
> simple-minded to me. The difference in speed will be unnoticable if the same
> algorithms are used.
Now you've proven it. You're a fanatic. And you offend people. Thanks.

marek

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