On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Edward K. Ream<[email protected]> wrote:

> Rather than make code run faster, this could be considered an entirely new
> algorithm, but that doesn't get at the heart of the matter.  Instead, it
> shows that compression techniques comprise an entirely new (for me) realm
> for optimization.

The secret is in full-content hashing, and the fact that it's

- sufficient to describe the content uniquely
- fast

This tech is behind all the current DVCS systems. It blew my mind when
Linus first described how Git works.

-- 
Ville M. Vainio
http://tinyurl.com/vainio

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