| Re: [stellation-res] Merge Algorithm |
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 05:35, Jonathan Gossage wrote: > Is the merge algorithm for text artifacts based on published work and if so > is there anything accessible on the Web? The merge algorithm for text artifacts is based on the merge algebra work of David LeBlang, the founder of Atria software and the original author of ClearCase. Unfortunately, it's damned near impossible to get hold of the papers describing it - they're not on the net, and they don't appear in current reprints of the workshops where they were published. The only way I managed to get a copy was to order a print-on-demand authorized photostat of Walter Tichy's SCM text - which took three months, and cost $80. If you do a web search for merge algebra, you'll find some information, but I don't think it'll be any easier to understand than the docs it TextUtils.java. Do you have specific questions about it, or is my explanation in the docs sufficiently unclear that you don't understand it at all? -Mark -- Mark Craig Chu-Carroll, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center *** The Stellation project: Advanced SCM for Collaboration *** http://www.eclipse.org/stellation *** Work Email: mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------- Personal Email: markcc@xxxxxxxxxxx
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