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Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Mercurial?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-19 16:34:59


on Mon Mar 19 2012, "Hartmut Kaiser" <hartmut.kaiser-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

>> on Mon Mar 19 2012, Daryle Walker <darylew-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Git has a competitor called Mercurial? If we're moving to a
>> > Distributed-VCS, should we go to Mercurial instead of Git?
>>
>> IMO, no. There are several reasons, but the main one is that Git is
>> winning in the marketplace.
>
> You're kidding right?

No.

> If not - let's switch Boost to Java - it's way more popular!

Is switching to Java compatible with Boost's goals in some way that I
haven't yet considered?

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Dave Abrahams
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