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Article #274Re: Advantages of SCCS?
From: Stephen Carter
Date: Tue, 08 May 1990 13:22
Date: Tue, 08 May 1990 13:22
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From: Stephen Carter <stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk> >From article <672@longway.TIC.COM>, by eggert@dew.uucp (Paul Eggert): > From: uunet!twinsun!dew!eggert (Paul Eggert) > > In comp.std.unix 19:96 hlj@posix.COM (Hal Jespersen) writes: > > The group was overwhelmingly in favor of using SCCS as the superior > technical solution, but SCCS has two problems: > > Could someone in the group summarize why the group decided that SCCS is > superior technically? Tichy's paper on RCS says that it is usually faster than etc... Agreed. Could I second Paul's request for elaboration of this one. Everything I have read has indicated that RCS is better, so I was going to go for it - but I would rather be with the 'future proof' facility. Ta. Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Volume-Number: Volume 19, Number 110
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!longway!std-unix From: stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Advantages of SCCS? Message-ID: <675@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 8 May 90 13:22:43 GMT References: <672@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Organization: University of Sussex Lines: 31 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)