On Wednesday 29 September 2004 00:16, Christian Parpart wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:23 pm, Gábor Farkas wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 21:43 +0200, Christian Parpart wrote:
> > > As I dislike python (sorry), too, I'd of course use a programming
> > > language
> > > that generates native code and supports high level programming
> > > features like
> > > C++ :)
> >
> > why is it important that it generates native code?
>
> easy, it's faster. however, this is no must of course.

For most tasks of portage speed really really doesn't matter. There are 
only a few parts of portage where speed is actually an issue and python 
can interface with c/c++ easilly. The only valid reason for not wanting 
python would be the ability to create a standalone (maybe even static) 
version of portage.

Paul

ps. Compile times are not hindered at all by the use of python instead of 
for example C

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