[e-lang] Source control for E?

[Toby Murray]

In hindsight this is probably fairly ambitious, however it might be more
viable if one were to borrow the backend from an already existing RCS
(eg. Monotone or whatever) and then add the distribution /
decentralisation support using E.

In any case, the suggestion was certainly tinged with a little irony and
was perhaps slightly tongue in cheek, because I agree that writing an
RCS is no simple task and would likely distract heavily from further E
development.

Marc Stiegler wrote:
> Yes. This is one of a long list of applications that screams to be 
> written in E.
> 
> Alas, while it would be easier to write an RCS in E than in any other 
> language, it would still be a big effort. Too big for me this week :-)
> 
> Toby Murray wrote:
> > Just a thought as I read this discussion..
> > 
> > Is E not supposed to be a language that might be usable for real-world 
> > applications? How difficult it might be to implement a dencentralised 
> > revision control system (RCS) in E, so it could "self-host" its own RCS, 
> > would be an interesting question, no?
> > If implemented, such a system might be a perfect demonstrator of E itself.
> 
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