[arachne] Re: [SPAM] Re: Unifying the sources

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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:51:35 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

Udo,

> you still do not get it. do you?

> To me, it seems that there are *exactly two* viable alternatives
> regarding your source code. Either we manage to merge your changes with
> the main version, or we forget about it altogether.

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.

> IIRC, *you* are the one who says that your code is vastly superior to
> ours, but I have only seen a seriously broken Arachne version so far
> where you deliberately changed the coding style for no other reason than
> to make merging it back as hard as possible it seems.

Udo, we should postpone any talk of 'broken versions' until you try
the next one, I'm sure it will work. And no, I did not do any such
thing deliberately, it's just the natural evolution toward a more
normal C style, along with countless optimizations.

> Well, I guess it is decided then.

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.



Regards,


Ray Andrews
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