Re:Linux kernel exceeds 15 million lines of code
by ComputerGuru on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:18PM
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So freaking what?
EDIT
It's not a valid metric. 15 million can be a lot or a little. It's all relative. This is 15 million LoC of plain C code. This is code that includes thousands of device-specific routines, but even if it didn't, what are you comparing it to?
Let's say it is too long even compared to other C kernels w/ device drivers. What price are you putting on well-written code? Do you know how many of those lines are hints to the compiler? Those don't even get compiled.
EDIT
It's not a valid metric. 15 million can be a lot or a little. It's all relative. This is 15 million LoC of plain C code. This is code that includes thousands of device-specific routines, but even if it didn't, what are you comparing it to?
Let's say it is too long even compared to other C kernels w/ device drivers. What price are you putting on well-written code? Do you know how many of those lines are hints to the compiler? Those don't even get compiled.