> The fact that there are only 225k lines of assembly in the Linux kernel, across the 30 or so major architecture families Linux supports plus any number of var

> The fact that there are only 225k lines of assembly in the Linux kernel, across the 30 or so major architecture families Linux supports plus any number of variations within each family, is rather impressive. Except that's not the intent that's conveyed by blindly throwing LoC numbers into the air. The intent is to suggest the exact opposite: bloat. Hence the blind comparisons that mean nothing at all.