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That was an epic read. I've only ever known ESR from his 'edge' opinions but this email feels like a pearl from the wise. He mentioned code sharing and using h
by ryan-allen 11y ago
That was an epic read. I've only ever known ESR from his 'edge' opinions but this email feels like a pearl from the wise.
He mentioned code sharing and using his inbox as a queue, was this pre-source control? Stupid question, but does anyone have any context to what it was like when this was written?
- varjag 11y agoNo, things like SCCS were already around in the 80s but not in the PC world. At the time of writing though, it was common to use CVS, or if you were a Windows shop, the soul crushing MS SourceSafe. Distributed version control systems would not appear until BitKeeper.