Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!kah From: kah@hpfcso.HP.COM (Kathy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: SCCS for HP series 9000 Message-ID: <7370150@hpfcso.HP.COM> Date: 6 Jun 90 19:33:41 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA Lines: 18 [WARNING: BASE NOTE DRIFT] >version, etc. I like RCS better, mainly because I've used it more and >it stores the most recent version with deltas to derive earlier versions >whereas SCCS stores the original and uses deltas to derive subsequent >versions. NO, NO, NO!!! Your description of how SCCS files are stored and various versions retrieved is TOTALLY WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Try "cat" on a s-file that has had several deltas to it. But I have given up trying to straighten people out on this... Old legends die hard, especially when propagated in an emotional battle over which source control system is better... Kathy Harris Opinions, as always, my own, not my employer's.