Re:The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR's email to Torvalds)
by memoryfault on Friday March 26, 2010 @11:01PM
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Yes, and so he moved on to an easier to manage project by starting to write git from scratch.
Re:The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR's email to Torvalds)
by rbanffy on Saturday March 27, 2010 @07:56AM
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Git, internally, is very simple.
Re:The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR's email to Torvalds)
by boundlessdreamz on Friday March 26, 2010 @11:46PM
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It was not because of the complexity of the code, but because of the workflow and poor version control systems. Bitkeeper helped him manage it first and then git was written
> As Linux grows, there will come a time when your raw talent is not enough.
is the key bit.
...and I think it was proven true several years back, when Linus found it increasing hard to keep on top of dealing with the inflow of bug fixes, patches, features, etc.
Raw talent is never enough for the really big problems. Proper use of routines and procedures are a brain amplifying technology.