[gambit-list] Truck-Factor by mtov
Bradley Lucier
lucier at math.purdue.edu
Thu Jul 23 15:12:03 EDT 2015
On 07/23/2015 02:53 PM, Adam wrote:
> Brad, Gambit's present sources are incredibly fun.
I agree.
>
> You don't need to add code for making increasing the "truck factor"
> realistic. Maybe adding comments and documentation though.
Yeah, that would be good. I should have mentioned it. People could
start with with easier things like _std.scm before attempting to conquer
_io.scm, for example.
> At ~200klocs, its sourcecode is short enough for people to be able to
> grasp it too so it's realistic - fantastic.
It's 200kloc of macro-heavy, dense code. I agree, in many ways it is
beautiful (especially the way Marc uses macros to avoid rewriting code),
but it will require some study.
Brad
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