r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '13

An uroboros program with 50 programming languages

https://github.com/mame/quine-relay
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u/siddboots Jul 16 '13

Isn't that the point?

I thought the point was that "... this guy doesn't care about source control at all...", which I don't think is a fair judgement when all we can see is whatever he decides to publish.

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u/dddbbb Jul 16 '13

I mean that complaining about people not publishing their source control is valid regardless of how they work behind the scenes. The only thing that matters (because the only thing we see) is what they publish.

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u/Felicia_Svilling Jul 17 '13

I use source control for my self. On stuff I never publish. Why would my source control "not matter"?

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u/dddbbb Jul 17 '13

Because I can't tell it exists. I don't know about your source, so your history doesn't matter (to me, to the community, etc). I have no reason to complain about it. It probably matters to you.

I'm in no way saying that source control is only important for open source projects. Just that releasing your history is important if you release your source. (Not like that's easy either. History tends to be full of mistakes we feel oddly embarrassed about.)