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The Wesnoth devs are good but not exceptionally so, and we're weighed down by a crappy implementation language (C++). Nevertheless our productivity, in terms of goals achieved per hour of work, is quite high.

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Eric S. Raymond
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 4
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