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On 6/25/07, Dan Chokola <dan@chokola.com> wrote:
> So, relating back to the original post, and extending on Linus'
> 'academic' analogy, Darcs is like a thesis project from university
> that proves how DSCM can be done scientifically. Git is grown-up Darcs
> that proves how DSCM can be done practically.

I don't think it's like that. More like

 - BK showed it's done
 - Darcs picked some good bits from BK (while no other foss dscm did
until git/hg/bzr came along) but got distracted with interesting but
not-that-useful stuff - see patch algebra.

cheers,


m