Re: sccs2rcs to perl

[Larry Jones]

Karl E. Jorgensen writes:
> 
> Almost: SCCS stores the first version ad verbatim, followed by a delta
> for each version (=revision in RCS-speak).

No, it most certainly does not.  SCCS stores all of the versions in an
interleaved form, something like:

        #inserted in revision 1:
        line 1
        line 2
        #inserted in revision 2:
        line 2a
        line 2b
        #end revision 2
        line 3
        line 4
        #removed in revision 3:
        line 5
        line 6
        #end revision 3
        line 7
        line 8
        line 9
        #end revision 1

So, *no* version is stored ad verbatim, there are no "diffs" per se, and
it takes almost exactly the same time to retrieve any revision.

-Larry Jones

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