20 million code lines
  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    connor
    Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29
    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Linux-Kernel-durchbricht-die-20-Millionen-Zeilen-Marke-2730780.html says that the Linux kernel has just achieved 20 million code lines. I am curious: how many does the MOS kernel Quark have? :-)
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    polluks
    Posts: 778 from 2007/10/23
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    This is a micro kernel, so you cannot compare them.
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2231 from 2003/2/24
    Quote:

    I am curious: how many does the MOS kernel Quark have?


    3 and 2 of those are comments.

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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    connor
    Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29
    polluks: I know but I am curious.
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    KimmoK
    Posts: 102 from 2003/5/19
    IIRC, AOS was once said to contain 1 million code lines (1.3 era, I think).

    I hope Quark kernell is less codelines than whole 68k AmigaOS was. ;)
    :-x :-P 8-)
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Jupp3
    Posts: 1193 from 2003/2/24
    From: Helsinki, Finland
    Quote:

    IIRC, AOS was once said to contain 1 million code lines (1.3 era, I think).

    Firstly, assembly language tends to have WAY more lines of code compared to f.ex. C, considering how much it does (per-line).

    Secondly, there's probably way more hardware-specific code in linux (remember, it runs on several platforms) and last but not least, there are TONS of hardware drivers, most of which are "outside kernel" on most operating systems.
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Tom01
    Posts: 179 from 2009/9/20
    One million code lines is not bad.
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
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    Twenty million lines of code for the kernel?
    That is absurd. I have never advocated monolithic kernels.
    Should MorphOS branch to a new ISA, retaining a micro kernel core would be one of its great advantages.
    Its a shame that no one has the sense to realize what could be done with the basic concepts our developers have laid down.
    An investment of a tiny fraction of what it has taken to create today's major OS' would be sufficient to support these guys full time.
    And an alternative to the crap ware that everyone keeps lauding COULD be created.

    But that isn't likely to happen.
    "Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
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