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On 08/01/2016 04:53 PM, Shark8 wrote:
> 
> That is something I'm actually trying to resolve -- I'm seriously considering
> having Byron have a [improved] DIANA layer optimized for DB storage which
> would be the basis for a "package manager" (thus allowing an architecture
> which would render continuous-integration obsolete and ensure consistency
> across libraries/dependencies).

The Rational tools store programs as DIANA, and the text version you see is
generated from that, and any changes are parsed and redisplayed on the fly.
Obviously, it didn't catch on.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Hello! Smelly English K...niggets."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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