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Project Summary
Notepad++ is a generic source editor (it tries to be anyway) and Notepad replacement written in C++ with the win32 API. The aim of Notepad++ is to offer a slim and efficient binary with a totally customizable GUI.
In a Nutshell, Notepad++...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 163 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in April, 2009
ending with its most recent commit 21 days ago
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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