nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down12
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-23 months 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-squarebitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months 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.
IIRC, even KDE and their whole suite of apps are dwarfed by the LOC count of browser (forgot if it is firefox or chromium)