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I think the idea is that plenty of people want to add a feature, but they might not stick around to maintain it. Then the core group is left with the maintenan
by jrumbut 8y ago
I think the idea is that plenty of people want to add a feature, but they might not stick around to maintain it.
Then the core group is left with the maintenance headache for years to come, and more features makes any changes antirez wants to make more difficult.
- rectang 8y agoThere is also a cost to increasing absolute codebase size, even when people stick around to maintain their contributions. I admire antirez very much for making it a priority to keep the core small.
- jrumbut 8y agoI admire antirez generally, his C code is really great reading for instructional purposes.