On: Popular Myths about C++, Part 3

[_glsb]

In the case of git, C++ was actually evaluated (in a manner very natural to Linus) and not discarded due to some habit:

http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus

[yongjik → _glsb]

> I've come to the conclusion that any programmer that would prefer the project to be in C++ over C is likely a programmer that I really would prefer to piss off, so that he doesn't come and screw up any project I'm involved with.

Quintessential Linus, but I wouldn't call this an "evaluation"... :)

[_glsb → yongjik]

Fair enough.

As a side note: I think we as a community should promote the catchphrase "You've Been Torvalds'd".