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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: What is your preferred VCS?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:42 +0200
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deadlyhead <deadlyhead@gmail.com> writes:
> Monotone has been said to be implemented in a very "Ada-like way" by
> somebody-or-other who was attempting to build an Ada OS (I think
> called AdaOS.  Stillborn last I heard.)  I've been poking around and I
> don't see it.  It is written in C++ and uses the Boost library, both
> of which I get a bit squirmy thinking about.  I have a special
> distaste for C++, and have never had any success with Boost (though I
> never tried very hard to use it.)

That was me, actually.  I explained the reasons why I prefer Monotone in
the trhead starting at [1], which included an interesting discussion
thereafter.

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ada/msg/bf2f9970828367bd

Now, several people have started using Monotone to collaborate over
Debian packaging and other things like AdaOS.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.