<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Alvaro Herrera <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:alvherre@commandprompt.com">alvherre@commandprompt.com</a>></span>wrote:<br /><blockquote
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Excerptsfrom Kevin Grittner's message of jue sep 30 16:38:11 -0400 2010:<br /><div class="im"><br /> > When I read
thedescription of the algorithm, I can't imagine a<br /> > situation where --patience would make the diff *worse*.
Iwas<br /> > somewhat afraid (based on the name) that it would be slow; but<br /> > if it is slower, it hasn't
beenby enough for me to notice it.<br /><br /></div>There is a very simple example posted on some of the blog posts
that<br/> goes something like<br /><br /> aaaaaaaa<br /> aaaaaaaa<br /> aaaaaaaa<br /> bbbbbbbb<br /> bbbbbbbb<br />
bbbbbbbb<br/> xyz<br /><br /> and the "xyz" is moved to the front. In this corner case, the patience<br /> diff is a
lotworse.<br clear="all" /></blockquote></div><br />Sorry, but that example didn't make much sense to me. Can you
pleaseelaborate, or maybe share those blog posts you are referring to.<br /><br />Regards,<br />-- <br />
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