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So to put things a little into perspective, and trying to explain the current situation: | So to put things a little into perspective, and trying to explain the current situation: | ||
* We must not miss the fact that these are complaints about the plethora of Nasal code added to FG by '''non-core developers''', these are usually people who don't know C++, who don't know the FG/SG code bases and who don't know how to build FG from source or at least who don't regularly rebuild a custom/patched binary from source. | * We must not miss the fact that these are complaints about the plethora of Nasal code added to FG by '''non-core developers''', these are usually people who don't know C++, who don't know the FG/SG code bases and who don't know how to build FG from source or at least who don't regularly rebuild a custom/patched binary from source, and who don't have commit privileges to directly contribute to FlightGear. | ||
* It's not that C++/core developers suddenly decided to stop writing C++ code and instead use Nasal, Rather, the opposite is true, there are still a number of core developers who refuse to use Nasal at all and stated so publicly. | * It's not that C++/core developers suddenly decided to stop writing C++ code and instead use Nasal, Rather, the opposite is true, there are still a number of core developers who refuse to use Nasal at all and stated so publicly. | ||
* So let's face it: How many "qualified" Nasal coders can you name? How many Nasal developer are even able to program in C++, are familiar with the STL and Boost? How many Nasal coders would be potential C++ core developers? And then, how many of them are able to use git and gitorious? How many are actually able to build FG from source? | * So let's face it: How many "qualified" Nasal coders can you name? How many Nasal developer are even able to program in C++, are familiar with the STL and Boost? How many Nasal coders would be potential C++ core developers? And then, how many of them are able to use git and gitorious? How many are actually able to build FG from source? | ||