> if you look at the timestamps on those first commits jnthn churns out great design off the cuff and generates rapid sequences of brilliant and clear commits.

> if you look at the timestamps on those first commits jnthn churns out great design off the cuff and generates rapid sequences of brilliant and clear commits. I've been following #perl6 for a couple years so I've gotten used to it. (I wasn't surprised when I recently found out he has a first class honors degree in cs from cambridge.) That said, confirmation bias is an ever present danger so I still investigated a lot more than just the timestamps on the first commits before I posted my prior comment. Here's the graph of contribution over time: https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/graphs/contributors https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/graphs/contributors Imo the pacing and content of the repo's early commits (all jnthn) are typical for jnthn. > Rakudo developers told Parrot hackers not to implement sixmodel The period you're talking about is early 2011 thru early 2012. The only two Rakudo devs that are relevant in this context are jnthn and Patrick. If jnthn was telling Parrot devs not to implement 6model throughout this period, why, on May 31st 2011, did he write several 6model docs in response to a request by lucian? Why didn't he just tell lucian not to implement 6model? http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-05-30#i_3827733 http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-05-30#i_3827733 http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-05-31#i_3833670 http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-05-31#i_3833670 If Patrick was telling Parrot devs not to implement 6model, why, on July 6th, 2011, did he suggest a two month delay of doing so with whiteknight? Why didn't he just tell whiteknight not to implement 6model? http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-07-06#i_4072930 http://irclog.perlgeek.de/parrot/2011-07-06#i_4072930 On february 2012, two months before jnthn started the extant MoarVM repo, not_gerd wanted to know some stuff so he could implement 6model. Again, why didn't jnthn just tell him not to implement 6model? http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2012-02-06#i_5109668 http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2012-02-06#i_5109668 > during the period where it was obvious that those Rakudo developers were in fact {developing} their own VM If it was obvious that Rakudo devs were developing their own VM in 2011, why did nobody mention it in 2011?