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Joe Armstrong had a beautiful LEGO vs Meccano metaphor. Both things are cool and somewhat similar in their basic idea, but you cannot do with LEGO what you can
by gritzko 8mo ago
Joe Armstrong had a beautiful LEGO vs Meccano metaphor. Both things are cool and somewhat similar in their basic idea, but you cannot do with LEGO what you can do with Meccano and vice-versa. Also, you can not mix them.
- fragmede 8mo agoSure you can. Hot glue, E6000, duct tape. This is to say, git's pack format has its shortcomings.
- zelphirkalt 8mo agoBut you could create some parts that are enabling you to combine them easily. Which is what you could do with software. Write an adapter of sorts.
- PunchyHamster 8mo agoGit has like million adapters, and to things that barely relate to VPS, I used it to edit mediawiki pages