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Re: simple performance question on CVS
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: simple performance question on CVS |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Aug 2003 17:28:33 -0400 (EDT) |
Mark D. Baushke writes:
>
> The SCCS file format is the one that uses the mechanism you seem to
> believe is a big hit on performance.
No, it doesn't, although that's a common misconception. SCCS uses an
"interleaved delta" format that allows it to reconstruct any revision of
the file in constant time. For more details, see:
<http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/files/aixfiles/sccsfile.htm>
-Larry Jones
Girls are like slugs -- they probably serve some purpose, but
it's hard to imagine what. -- Calvin
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