@nebulaone to Ask Lemmy • 30 days agoWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?message-square58arrow-up1131arrow-down13
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?@nebulaone to Ask Lemmy • 30 days agomessage-square58
minus-square@Zangooselink26•edit-230 days agoFun fact: chromium has about 1.5 million more lines of code than the Linux kernel (about 32mil vs about 30.5mil), not including whitespace/docs/etc.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•29 days agoIt is however also worth noting that lines of code is a not great metric for complexity But yes, as a casual comparison it’s interesting
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•28 days agoIIRC, even KDE and their whole suite of apps are dwarfed by the LOC count of browser (forgot if it is firefox or chromium)
Fun fact: chromium has about 1.5 million more lines of code than the Linux kernel (about 32mil vs about 30.5mil), not including whitespace/docs/etc.
It is however also worth noting that lines of code is a not great metric for complexity
But yes, as a casual comparison it’s interesting
IIRC, even KDE and their whole suite of apps are dwarfed by the LOC count of browser (forgot if it is firefox or chromium)