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Neil Fraser: Differential Synchronization. Paper describing a robust method for “keeping two or more copies of the same document synchronized with each other in real-time”, over a variable network connection using clever diff algorithms.

# 24th January 2009, 11:57 pm / algorithms, diff, neal-fraser, paper

google-mobwrite. Neal Fraser’s terrifyingly clever differential synchronization algorithm (for SubEthaEdit-style collaboration over the web) is now available as an open source Python and JavaScript library.

# 24th January 2009, 11:55 pm / collaboration, google, javascript, mobwrite, neal-fraser, open-source, python, subethaedit