I agree with Joel Spolsky on this subject [1]. From what I've seen when people write something monolithic from scratch they just end up making similar mistakes

I agree with Joel Spolsky on this subject [1]. From what I've seen when people write something monolithic from scratch they just end up making similar mistakes and introduce new problems that weren't there to begin with. Vim's codebase isn't terrible, it's been going strong for 23 years, but it's accrued a lot of technical debt that makes doing somethings difficult. It's also controlled by a single person, and don't get me wrong this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it makes getting in the necessary changes to achieve the goals of neovim nearly impossible. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html