Check out stats on the kOS/kparc project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9316091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9316091 There is also a more recent

Check out stats on the kOS/kparc project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9316091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9316091 There is also a more recent example of Arthur Whitney writing a C compiler in <250 lines of C. Remarkable how productive a programmer can be when he chooses not to overcomplicate.