>> I still find it scary that people have written C programs that take
>> longer than 0.003 seconds to compile. How huge would they have to be?
>
> Oh, please.... The soft synth program I've been playing around with
> takes about 10-15min to compile. Our flagship CAD and engineering app
> where I work takes a good 30-45min to do a full build.

How huge is it? o_O

>> Also links to some interesting stuff about source control. I'm presuming
>> it's talking about the traditional, centralised kind, rather than the
>> new-fangled "distributed version control", where every repository is a
>> branch.
>
> The RCS he talks about is remarkably similar to how Accurev (the RCS we
> use) works. The only thing I think we're missing is the ability to run
> automated tasks when an item is checked in.

Well, you can script that from outside. (That is, you have a check-in 
tool that runs whatever tests you want, and then executes the actual RCS 
command to check stuff in.)

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