From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:27:08 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: docs/testsuite: mention why using a separate language is great
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docs/testsuite: mention why using a separate language is great
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diff --git a/docs/testsuite b/docs/testsuite
index 720ff394..fcc9393a 100644
--- a/docs/testsuite
+++ b/docs/testsuite
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ For several reasons, the i3 testsuite has been implemented in Perl:
 
 2. Perl is widely available and has a well-working package infrastructure.
 3. The author is familiar with Perl :).
+4. It is a good idea to use a different language for the tests than the
+   implementation itself.
 
 Please do not start programming language flamewars at this point.