Re: CVS

2003-02-07 Thread Tom Buskey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >For example, CVS, which is the revision control system of choice in >the Free/Open source world is really nothing more than a bunch of >shell scripts layered on top of RCS and stuck together with a lot of >duct tape and chewing gum. It has no inherent knowledge of a

Re: C libraries

2003-02-07 Thread pll
In a message dated: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:45:17 EST Erik Price said: >Too funny that you should mention that, because that's exactly what I >was reading up on. I've been using CVS and I like it, but was thinking >about installing Subversion and putting it through its paces. But it'd >take some

Re: C libraries

2003-02-07 Thread Erik Price
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Incidently, that's exactly what the Subversion project aims to do; > write a replacement for CVS. And, rather than trying to fix the > brokeness of CVS's networking capability, they decided to chuck it > all, and write a replacement. But, rather than write all that >

Re: C libraries

2003-02-07 Thread pll
In a message dated: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 13:55:26 EST Erik Price said: >I have recently encountered something called the Apache Portable Runtime >library. Would this be used in place of, say glibc, or in addition to? > And is the goal of something like this that you try to use it to the >exclusi

C libraries

2003-02-07 Thread Erik Price
I don't really know anything about software engineering in C (or C++), though I've used the language itself in the context of a college class. I have recently encountered something called the Apache Portable Runtime library. Would this be used in place of, say glibc, or in addition to? And is

Re: Today's amusement site

2003-02-07 Thread Jefferson Kirkland
Well, you can truly say, with proof in hand, that Unix is extremely versatile!! jlk At 09:40 AM 2/7/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who do not frequent dmr's web site (or those who do, but missed this page) I pass this link on so you, too, may waste some of the day away while bei

Today's amusement site

2003-02-07 Thread pll
For those who do not frequent dmr's web site (or those who do, but missed this page) I pass this link on so you, too, may waste some of the day away while being mildly amused :) http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html -- Seeya, Paul -- Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D28