While you’re correct in a general sense, the linux kernel is what I was referring to, not the whole ecosystem of linux programs and repositories.
If Hello World can be written in 1 line and someone comes along and presents a version written in 100-1000s of lines without any new features, I’m going to argue it’s unmaintainable slop.
and if a display driver can’t be written in 1 line that doesn’t make the thousands of lines unmaintainable slop
That’s not what I’m saying.
I’m saying if there’s 1000x more lines of code than necessary, it’s unmaintainable slop. I could understand 2x or even 10x the lines of code just being a difference in architecture, but even 100x is getting crazy.
I think only EnterpriseFizzBuzz surpasses the 1000x inefficiency metric that this meme is implying.
While you’re correct in a general sense, the linux kernel is what I was referring to, not the whole ecosystem of linux programs and repositories.
If Hello World can be written in 1 line and someone comes along and presents a version written in 100-1000s of lines without any new features, I’m going to argue it’s unmaintainable slop.
and if a display driver can’t be written in 1 line that doesn’t make the thousands of lines unmaintainable slop
some things just require more code
i’d argue if the linux kernel were billions of LOC, then that’s just what’s necessary
and necessity is probably relative at that point; many of your LOC are likely technically unnecessary abstractions to help with human understanding
That’s not what I’m saying.
I’m saying if there’s 1000x more lines of code than necessary, it’s unmaintainable slop. I could understand 2x or even 10x the lines of code just being a difference in architecture, but even 100x is getting crazy.
I think only EnterpriseFizzBuzz surpasses the 1000x inefficiency metric that this meme is implying.