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Bellard isn't a 10x, he's more like a 100x.

people who develop almost purely in one language, within a constrained application space, are able to become extremely productive because their knowledge and experience is very focused.

He mainly uses C and some JavaScript, but a look at all the things he's written suggests that he doesn't really focus on any one area; the first few projects on his page are:

- A Javascript engine (discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20411154)

- Neural networks

- Image compression

- Arbitrary precision floating-point

- JavaScript PC emulator

- 4G/5G base station software

- Tiny C compiler

- A clone of the text editor Emacs

- Pi calculation



What's more impressive than the programming aspect is the sheer depth and breadth of domain expertise.




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