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For the record, the Linux kernel is not huge, just large. Just saying that because many people here show Linux as a model of a "huge" software project and yet i
by AshamedCaptain 5y ago
For the record, the Linux kernel is not huge, just large. Just saying that because many people here show Linux as a model of a "huge" software project and yet it absolutely isn't. E.g., project-wide refactors/API changes are still performed multiple times per release and done usually by a single-person team, something which would just be unthinkable in huge software projects.
Agreed with the point, though.
- Jtsummers 5y agoWhat is your distinction between "huge" and "large"? The Linux kernel is over 30 million SLOC now (though a lot of that is drivers). That's "just" large?
- AshamedCaptain 5y agoI am mostly talking about concurrent contributors, but yes, even 30 MSLOC is just "large", not "huge". Stories of commercial software projects having to build "overnight" on server farms are common.