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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Patch calculus
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:30:46 +0200
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J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> What are the benefits of patch calculus?  (What is it?  The only
> explanation I've seen is at
>   http://abridgegame.org/darcs/manual/node8.html, 
> but I don't find it very helpful.)

See also http://www.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/PatchTheory
particularly http://www.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/WhyYouWantPatchTheory

P.S. I'm not a Darcs advocate.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland