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Wow! Ok, in like 199x and before, folks were sharing fixes by posting diff/patch files on like Usenet and stuff. It was wild. After CVS, SVN now on git, I mean
by edoceo 5y ago
Wow! Ok, in like 199x and before, folks were sharing fixes by posting diff/patch files on like Usenet and stuff. It was wild. After CVS, SVN now on git, I mean, I have nostalgia but I don't miss it.
- y4mi 5y agoWhile it's admittedly rare, this workflow continues to exist to date. The Linux kernel development comes to mind as an obvious example.
- rrauenza 5y agoLarry Wall is often most known for Perl, but his contribution of the patch tool is underrated.
- chousuke 5y agodiff and patch feel like tools that have existed forever. I feels weird to think that someone wrote them instead of them just manifesting fully formed with the first version of UNIX.
- edoceo 5y agoIn 1000 years the religion is that Larry Wall invented the computer in three days.
- earleybird 5y agoBy then Larry will be known as Leibowitz