[antirez]

This project goal is a bit more about replacing readline, but a big motivation for the original project is minimalism and trivial embeddability. It's all in the README.

[m_rcin]

@antirez: should the linked "linenoise NG" be considered a replacement for your linenoise?

I did diff on linenoise.c and linenoise.cpp (from NG) and very few lines are identical.