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		Jtsummers on Feb 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2... What 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 on Feb 11, 2022 [–]

I 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.

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