> I know and respect Fabrice from in person interactions. He is exactly who he claims to be. Maybe an interesting question, instead of this current line of disc

> I know and respect Fabrice from in person interactions. He is exactly who he claims to be. Maybe an interesting question, instead of this current line of discussion, is to find out what led to his successes? While I think the GP was a joke, you ask an interesting question that I tried to answer 12 days ago on this very site. [1] tl;dr: I'm not fast, but I'm getting faster because I understand my entire codebase. I think that may be a good portion of Mr. Bellard's success, or if it is not, it may be the best way for mere mortals to emulate his success. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29533412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29533412