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Re: Darcs

From
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 27, 2007, 00:00 UTC
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On 6/25/07, Dan Chokola <dan@chokola.com> wrote:
> So, relating back to the original post, and extending on Linus'
> 'academic' analogy, Darcs is like a thesis project from university
> that proves how DSCM can be done scientifically. Git is grown-up Darcs
> that proves how DSCM can be done practically.
I don't think it's like that. More like
 - BK showed it's done
 - Darcs picked some good bits from BK (while no other foss dscm did
until git/hg/bzr came along) but got distracted with interesting but
not-that-useful stuff - see patch algebra.
cheers,
m
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  1. Bu BacooJun 24, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsJun 24, 2007
  3. Martin LanghoffJun 24, 2007
  4. Jan HudecJun 24, 2007
  5. Theodore TsoJun 24, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsJun 24, 2007
  8. Josh TriplettJun 28, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 28, 2007
  10. Bu BacooJun 29, 2007
  11. Florian WeimerJun 25, 2007
  12. Bu BacooJun 25, 2007
  13. Dan ChokolaJun 24, 2007
  14. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2007
  15. Dan ChokolaJun 25, 2007
  16. Martin LanghoffJun 27, 2007

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