Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: RCS vs SCCS - a MAJOR misconception Message-ID: <241@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 23:49:03 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.241 Posted: Sun Jan 6 23:49:03 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 01:46:37 EST References: <289@desint.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 13 > To wit: everybody in the (net) universe seems to believe that RCS keeps > backwards differences, while SCCS keeps forward differences. I believe that this all started because (if I remember correctly) there's a statement in the RCS documentation that it uses backwards diffs for speed. The inference I drew from this statement was that SCCS used forwards diffs, although I knew that it wasn't true. Perhaps the RCS folks were "puffing" a bit when promoting their program? -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 (I'd rather not be parochial.)