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I don't buy it - I don't know where the 500M lines of code came from but it seems absurdly high. Those are 33 linux kernels and a change. I am not sure if so m
by venomsnake 13y ago
I don't buy it - I don't know where the 500M lines of code came from but it seems absurdly high. Those are 33 linux kernels and a change.
I am not sure if so many LoC is even possible to be produced at such short time.
- johndriscoll 13y agoIt's complete guess work. The only mention of 500M lines of code is from the last paragraph of The Times article: "According to one specialist, the Web site contains about 500 million lines of software code." This "one specialist" is obviously a fraud.
- jared314 13y agoThe specialist was talking to a reporter, who was writing for the general public, about how serious, complex, and justifiably expensive their work is. They might be including the linux kernels, dbms, etc in their line count.