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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:38:03 +0200
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To: Ahmer Regos <ahmerregos@gmail.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Improving Pre and Post Merging Abilities With
 Rewriting Core In Python
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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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get rid of C++.</div><div><br></div><div>- Ahmer Regos from Regain Beaches.=
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