> how do we explain large but mature codebases If the codebase/project became "feature complete". Once a project becomes feature complete, then finally bugs ar

> how do we explain large but mature codebases If the codebase/project became "feature complete". Once a project becomes feature complete, then finally bugs are able to be squashed without reintroducing new ones. The code becomes better because the deaign begins to accurately model the program since there is no feature creep. The problem with large programs is when you _continue_ to add on to them. Non-open source very rarely gets to the feature complete stage.