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gritzkoyesterday at 10:42 AM2 repliesview on HN

Joe Armstrong had a beautiful LEGO vs Meccano metaphor. Both things are cool and somewhat similar in their basic idea, but you cannot do with LEGO what you can do with Meccano and vice-versa. Also, you can not mix them.


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zelphirkaltyesterday at 11:40 AM

But you could create some parts that are enabling you to combine them easily. Which is what you could do with software. Write an adapter of sorts.

fragmedeyesterday at 11:02 AM

Sure you can. Hot glue, E6000, duct tape. This is to say, git's pack format has its shortcomings.