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RE: [stellation-res] Merge Algorithm
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What is the meaning of the acronym LCS?
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Jonathan
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark C.
> >Chu-Carroll
> >Sent: October 15, 2002 9:40 AM
> >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: 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
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> >
