[HN Gopher] The rsync algorithm (1996) [pdf]
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       The rsync algorithm (1996) [pdf]
        
       Author : vortex_ape
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2026-01-02 16:56 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.andrew.cmu.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.andrew.cmu.edu)
        
       | doodlesdev wrote:
       | Well-written, succinct.
       | 
       | This small document shows what computer science looked like to me
       | when I was just getting started: a way to make computers more
       | efficient and smarter, to solve real problems. I wish more people
       | who claim to be "computer scientists" or "engineers" would
       | actually work on real problems like this (efficient file sync)
       | instead of having to spend time learning how to use the new React
       | API or patching the f-up NextJS CVE that's affecting a multitude
       | of services.
        
         | PunchyHamster wrote:
         | to be fair level of security of systems back then was pretty
         | fucking bad
        
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