Re: texi2dvi: set -e, use tar

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

 > On a more general note, most GNU packages are written in C, so
 > personal preferences aside, C is the main programming language of the
 > GNU Project.

That's right.  It's wrong, it slows down the GNU project, but it's the
law, you are right.

 >> Using a compiled language to coordinate programs would be a big
 >> error.

 > Sorry, I don't see why, and I'm also not sure what program
 > coordination we need here.  The basic algorithm of texi2dvi hasn't
 > changed in ages, all we do is make it a little more robust here, a
 > little more user-friendly there.

I beg to disagree.  The core idea remains the same, but the algorithm
is different.