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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: RCS vs SCCS - a MAJOR misconception
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Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 23:49:03 EST
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> 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?

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