On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Ville M. Vainio <[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. To remind us all: your original post re git was: http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor/browse_thread/thread/69f440467a2d2c7b I'm going to read the papers now :-) Edward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
