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From: "Hampus Sjöberg" <hampus.sjoberg@gmail.com>
To: Ahmer Regos <ahmerregos@gmail.com>,
	 Bitcoin Protocol Discussion
	<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Improving Pre and Post Merging Abilities With Rewriting Core In Python
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:38:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFMkqK94_EqXpdXX4swrWZy+Am-bjvWWR_JFG3JUJxOp1WBZJw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+PERc0+cUu-0-HsnTNEFY67v2T6BwtV-myjT=mh1i9z5vATYQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Bitcoin is a consensus critical system.
We have already had consensus problems between Bitcoin Core-versions,
rewriting everything in another language would expose us to even greater
risks, and moving to a language like Python I see no benefit whatsoever.

Best
Hampus

Den tis 23 apr. 2019 kl 16:47 skrev Ahmer Regos via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>:

> I'm proposing re-writing bitcoin codebase in Python for improving pre and
> post merging abilities, faster operations and better understandability.
> Python is a fast language with C support, it is good with hashing things,
> it has a good syntax and everyone can read /  understand it unlike C++.
>
> I am willing the coordinate the transformation operation and i believe it
> would be really good the get rid of C++.
>
> - Ahmer Regos from Regain Beaches.
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-26  9:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-23  8:16 [bitcoin-dev] Improving Pre and Post Merging Abilities With Rewriting Core In Python Ahmer Regos
2019-04-23 15:23 ` Achow101
2019-04-27  3:32   ` Peter Todd
2019-04-26  9:38 ` Hampus Sjöberg [this message]

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