RE: Patch for making CommitID configurable

[Jim.Hyslop]

Peter Backes wrote:
[a lot of stuff]

> Just see TeX.  Without doubt, and you will surely agree, one of the 
> best programs, perhaps the best program, ever written.
I've used it. Can't stand it. I don't have the time, nor the patience, to
learn all the arcane commands you need to know in order to make things
happen. And I shouldn't *have* to learn all that stuff. To me, the whole
point of having a computer is that it takes care of all that complexity, and
lets me focus on what's important - the document's contents and, to a minor
extent, its formatting.

Peter, it is clear that you and I have fundamentally different, and probably
irreconcilable, approaches and philosophies on software development. These
differences are extremely unlikely to be resolved in this forum.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )