[arachne] Re: Ray-i-fying the sources

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> Third option: just adopt my sources, merge in any outstanding functionality,
> and reap the benefits in speed, free memory etc. The old code can simply
> be put to arachive use. It would save several years of work doing
> what I've done all over again.

> Or maybe not, you did say you'd try my distro again, I hope you do,
> and I'm sure you'll like it. If you do, then perhaps you'll consider
> using the src that built it just as it is. If you do, it won't be
> long until you no longer care about the old sources at all.

Sorry Ray, but to me this is not an option. I am a team player, and I
regard your development philosophy as detrimental to any team's effort.

Basically, you were not happy with the way Arachne was being developed,
and that is why you chose to fork the code. Now, you come back and tell
us "hey, I am back, I would like to join the team again, but your code
is so primitive that it is only good for throwing away, and besides,
since *I* will not join you because of your old buggy code, you have no
choice but to join *me* and use my code instead. Don't worry about
differences, I have everything of what you ever coded, whereas you have
*nothing* of my code, so you haven't got anything to lose, and don't
worry about new bugs, since I am such an exceptionally good programmer
that I create perfect code and never make any mistakes. Of course
anybody with a sane mind would see that *my* code is clearly the best,
simply because *I* have written it, and because I am an Optimizer, so
anything that I touch automatically becomes better." Did I forget
anything?

Well, if that would be the price of unification, I regard it as too high
to pay. I'd rather work on slightly less then perfect sources than using
yours, and that is *not* a matter of coding style.

Udo

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