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Re:Profile of Linus Torvalds by soong on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @03:59PM (#9728351)
"Linux was once 10,000 lines of code and required part-time tending. It’s now 19 million lines of code, and changing it involves a complex hierarchy."

Just wondered: 19 MLOC all driver code included, right?

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Re:Profile of Linus Torvalds by castratikron on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @09:46PM (#9729688)
Grabbed 4.0.5 from kernel.org and counted 19314709 lines.
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