I don't even think such a scale works for the kind of brilliant solutions Bellard (not Bertrand) creates. I don't think 100 1x programmers can create these sol

I don't even think such a scale works for the kind of brilliant solutions Bellard (not Bertrand) creates. I don't think 100 1x programmers can create these solutions. So much gets lost having to communicate and coordinate people. And they would just accumulate cruft (and DX tarpits like other mention).