Intro

Ive been exploring Github recently and found this project. Wow, another syntax highlighter, isnt it good there are so many out there? Well, after little bit of digging, answer is not really

Explanation

Variety of highlighters

There is absolutely nothing wrong in having multiple mature projects that serves the same, common, goal; the more variety, the better. But. as the proverb goes, "the more of sth, the poorer the quality of things". Thats true also in this case. There are many syntax highlighters out there on GitHub, some more free than others, some better, some worse.

So, if variety is good, than whats the matter?

Thing is: there is absolutely no justification in making many tools that serves common goal. At least I fail to see one.

Better to have one, well-built, well-maintained, tool, per common goal, than to have many tools, each one unfinished.

Other projects included !

Same is true not only to syntax highlighters, but to any type of project in fact.