Re: Commit fest queue

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:18:52 -0400
Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:

> jd@commandprompt.com ("Joshua D. Drake") writes:
> > The base requirements for this process must be so simple, so easy,
> > that even if the person has never seen a C patch in his/her life
> > they understand what is trying to be achieved. 
> 
> Are you sure about that?
> 
> I think that our concern is about the sort of population of people
> that are capable of *creating* a C patch.
> 
> I don't think the bar needs to be set as low as you're suggesting.

Why would you want to expend cycles understanding a process when you
could expend cycles writing a C patch.

Its about efficiency. If I have to *think* about some kind of process
that takes cycles away from other more important and interesting things
like algorithms.

Joshua D. Drake



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