error installing magit?

[Owen Thomas]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 09:55, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 at 20:41, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Back when I [wrote code], the version numbers embedded in filenames in
>> DEC VMS
>> was all I needed.
>
>
> Thankfully, things have evolved since then. I use Git mainly for
> provenance and as an archive from which I can resurrect code if I find the
> need. I find VCSs in general are very good for that if you're working on
> your own.
>
> My first foray into programming was with a TI-99/4a. We couldn't afford
> the 8" disk drive, but one could use a cassette player although I never
> did. Whenever the thing was unplugged, I just started again because back
> then I was more interested in what this thing could do than what I could do
> with it.
>

Correction: apparently the drive was only 5.25". We never had one, so this
detail escaped me.
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