You say &quot;see ...&quot;, but I&#x27;ve already commented on that comment.<p>Your analogy with Torvalds isn&#x27;t that relevant. Building an init daemon didn&#x27;t conflict with the long-term goals, and the advantages are reasonably clear.<p>Consider the FOQ &quot;Why is Taskwarrior written in C++ and not something hackable&quot;.<p>We can construct a similar question to pose to Torvalds - &quot;Why is git written in C and not a more modern language like C++?&quot;<p>We know what Torvalds thinks of C++ (&quot;C++ is a horrible language&quot;) and of that proposal.<p>If he ignored or blew off the first email to suggest rewriting git in C++ then we know <i>exactly</i> where git would be.<p>This demonstrates that your argument concerning &quot;can you implement X, Y, and Z for me, it would make my life much better&quot; has little predictive or even explanatory power.