Astonishments, ten, in the history of version control : Francis Irving“If you really want to … truly ancient history, you have to go back to delta decks on punch cards.” (Jim Rootham) In a world where biographies of cod are not just accepted, but rightly popular, it wouldn’t seem entirely crazy to write a history book on how computer programmers store the vital product of their labours – source code. Since neither you nor I have time to read or write such a thing, w
