From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200106192131.WAA08017@localhost.localdomain> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] source code as data not text In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:03:42 +1200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Steve Kilbane Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:31:46 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: bdf15ccc-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > How something is stored is very relevant to source management Sigh. I was trying to clarify the issues, but obviously failed. I'll try a different tack. The discussion started off with syntax-directed editors, picked up issues concerned with proprietary file formats, and then moved into proprietary repositories versus things with a file-system. My apologies for over-simplifying. My point was merely this: given a file that contains some representation of source, the issues of the file's internal structure, the structure of the repository that holds the file, and the how the file's contents are rendered to the user are distinct issues and should not be confused. The storage system is not relevant in all cases, but in the discussion of what you do with a file _once you've retrieved it from the storage system_, it is. steve