# Why DARCS, instead of Subversion or other?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-darcs-instead-of-subversion-or-other/90045>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [March 25, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-darcs-instead-of-subversion-or-other/90045 "2007-03-25T17:48:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dankitania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@dankitania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dankitania)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-darcs-instead-of-subversion-or-other/90045/1 "2007-03-25T17:48:40Z")

</div>

I’m a subversion user, and this DARCS system seems interesting. My only  
worry is that some have said that it scales badly, and I’m scared to  
switch to something that will cause problems later on.

Is there any chance of posting some insight on DARCS in general, or why  
it was used for RForum?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dankitania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@dankitania](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dankitania)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/why-darcs-instead-of-subversion-or-other/90045/2 "2007-03-26T12:31:59Z")

</div>

Dan K. wrote:

> Is there any chance of posting some insight on DARCS in general,

There is something about Darcs vs. SVN in this thread:  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/101026](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/101026)

> or why it was used for RForum?

[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/89022](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/89022)