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From: ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu (Antony Hodgson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Version Control for Group C++ Programming
Message-ID: <1990Sep27.145410.2703@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 90 14:54:10 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
Reply-To: ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu.UUCP (Antony Hodgson)
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Our lab group is beginning a significant rewrite of our software
which we use to control several pieces of mechanical hardware and
to acquire data in real time.  We are planning to use C++ on a
'386 platform;  we have two independent computers (ie, not connected
except by sneaker-net) and three or four people who will be doing
the software development.

I would like to know if anyone has any experience writing C++ in a
group and, if so, have you used any version control software?  What
packages exist and what are their strengths and weaknesses?  Do the
packages designed for C (e.g., Poly VCS) work with C++ code?  Any
comments would be much appreciated.  If you Email your comments to
me, I will post a summary later.

Thanks in advance,

Tony Hodgson
ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu