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"Spine aims to simplify MVC, it is lightweight ( 7k ) and integrates well with CoffeeScript. Backbone is bigger ( 5.6k ) and depends on the utility library Underscore.js ( 4k ) that makes up for some of Javascript missing features."

Someone failed at math or failed at making that sentence understandable...

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Backbone.js requires Underscore.js. Total it is 9.6k. that is > 7k

The wording is still wrong! But it doesn't matter much.

It would be better if it was

Backbone is bigger ( 5.6k ) because it depends on the utility library Underscore.js ( 4k ) that makes up for some of Javascript missing features.

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