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Re:Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell by Maro on Friday August 17, 2012 @03:34AM (#4395449)
> Uh, is "being easy to statically compile" some benchmark for simplicity that I've never heard of?

Yes. It's not the benchmark, but it's a benchmark.

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Re:Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell by ggggit on Friday August 17, 2012 @04:56AM (#4395579)
Thank you Maro. I've never understood why static linking and easy compilation, not to mention being concerned with file sizes, upsets certain people when mentioned on mailing lists and forums. But it always does.
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