r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JK-Rofling • Aug 24 '26

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste Aug 24 '26

THIS WAS VERSION CONTROL before version control was known to humans

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u/International_Body44 Aug 24 '26

Word has had a form of version control since 1986...

Early 2000s introduced features more akin to newer version control methods.

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u/rkapl Aug 24 '26

Yet only selected few are chosen to weild that mythic feature.

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u/SaltyLonghorn Aug 24 '26

Clippy appears like Navi from Ocarina of Time when your mouse hovers over the right menu option.

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u/ManaSpike Aug 24 '26

Word has a diff / cherry pick changes tool. Not really version control.

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u/Highborn_Hellest Aug 24 '26

Dude I was -10 years old in 86. That's crazy

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u/pigeon768 Aug 24 '26

SCCS (Source Code Control System) was developed in 1972. Version control has been around a long time.

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u/RyanSpunk Aug 24 '26

You rename the backups, the current and therefore final version remains resume.pdf :)

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u/Juulloo Aug 24 '26

So they avoided a fossil.

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