Reactor vs Core

[eluser]kenny.katzgrau[/eluser]
Third Reactor guy to chime in —

Like Phil said, Reactor will build on the core. There will be some features introduced in Reactor that CodeIgniter Core has sorely needed for years.

What kind of features? The ones that true engineers could appreciate: better caching, unit testing, a light ORM, etc. If you are a CI user, and you don't understand why these things are needed, you probably aren't an experienced developer. Enterprise-level applications need those features.

Reactor isn't some anything-goes repository. It's a faster moving version of the core for CI developers who aren't afraid to use something different after two years. The whole point is to continue building a great framework with a lot of power and a small learning curve.

Wait to see what comes out over the next few months.