UNIX FAQ Version 2.1 92/12/04 -- Question 7.6

RCS vs SCCS: How do they compare for performance?

Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 19:34:39 +0200

From: Bill Wohler

Since RCS stores the latest version in full, it is much faster in retrieving the latest version. After RCS version 5.6, it is also faster than SCCS in retrieving older versions.