NeoVim was started to add in a couple features that had gotten pushback from Bram when the original forker(?) (long since moved on from the project) got frustrated with getting shot down.
Basically the relationship at this point between the two projects appears to be that the NeoVim team implements some features. The ones that gain significant traction, Bram then implements in his own style.
At this point they are basically at feature parity with each other I think. The main difference between the two in my experience is that NeoVim is much more likely to integrate existing libraries, while Vim is more of a self-contained project.
One of the side effects of that is the NeoVim people like to brag how much code they've deleted from Vim. The thing they don't mention is all the deps they've added in the process.
> One of the side effects of that is the NeoVim people like to brag how much code they've deleted from Vim. The thing they don't mention is all the deps they've added in the process.
You present this in a negative light, and perhaps it's misleading of them to not acknowledge the added dependencies, but this is exactly what I want maintainers of my workhorse software to do. I would much rather they delete their own code and replace it with well-tested, robust dependencies rather than maintaining their wheel reinventions.
(Of course, whether or not the chosen dependencies are well-tested and robust is the trick.)
Basically the relationship at this point between the two projects appears to be that the NeoVim team implements some features. The ones that gain significant traction, Bram then implements in his own style.
At this point they are basically at feature parity with each other I think. The main difference between the two in my experience is that NeoVim is much more likely to integrate existing libraries, while Vim is more of a self-contained project.
One of the side effects of that is the NeoVim people like to brag how much code they've deleted from Vim. The thing they don't mention is all the deps they've added in the process.