On Sat, 01 Apr 2006, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > * Package name : diff1 > Version : 0.4.1 > Upstream Author : April Furst > * URL : http://www.diff1.net/ Seems to be a wrong URL!
> * License : GPL, `diff1 -u GFDL | patch`
> Description : compares file's actual state with file's desired state
> diff1 is a special version of diff that takes only one file as an
> argument. diff1 then compares the file's present state with the
> file's desired state and reports any differences in the same format as
> the regular diff command, suitable for input to the patch program.
> diff1 is very useful for correcting writing and, when used with source
> code, can be extremely useful for correcting bugs. diff1 works best
> when its input is close to correct, but in a pinch, diff1 can be used
> to create complete original works if given an empty file as an
> argument.
> At this point, diff1 is still under development and depends upon the
> utm (Universal Truth Machine) and dwim (Do What I Mean) libraries.
> The eventual goal is that diff1 should be "self-hosting" -- the final,
> bug-free version of diff1 will be generated by running diff1 on its
> own sources, at which point it will be finished and will be able to
> determine the correct answers to all questions that can be expressed
> using written language.
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686-smp
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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