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I mentioned this last time this was posted, but linux only has around 20 million lines of code. It's funny how people always seem to overestimate the size.
300 trillion lines you say!?!?
Commit 7 billion lines
To shreds you say?
Well, how's his wife holding up?
To shreds, you say?
SMH with some serious management we could double that number of lines in mere months.
(Do I have to put the / ?)
But why? "Bigger is better" is realy just bullshit here. If the code has a good quality, going for quantity just for the sake of it is just plane stupid.
On Lemmy? Hell yes.
You seem to underestimate how much 20 million loc is.
The difference in size between billions and 20 million is actually about the same order of magnitude as the difference between linux and my largest personal project (~100x).
Of course, "only 20 million lines" is a ridiculous statement taken out of context.