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What does "about 1 million things of code" mean? Typo? If it's a million programs/libraries/packages/other actual artifacts, then that's almost crazily large.
by unwind 16y ago
What does "about 1 million things of code" mean? Typo? If it's a million programs/libraries/packages/other actual artifacts, then that's almost crazily large.
- statictype 16y agoPresumably he meant 'lines' of code but in lisp the concept of a single line of code is a little vague so he modified it to 'things'
- strait 16y agoQuite probably he meant S-expressions, but said 'things' to avoid scaring away those unfamiliar.
- lispm 16y agoAxiom is a very very complex piece of software. It has code in several languages, implements languages, uses literate programming, it contains a very large library of mathematical concepts, documentation for those, tests, ... So, it is not lines, but really a million things, functions, documentation snippets, tests, ... That's also in line with my thinking. I'm not thinking in code lines, but live domain level objects.