nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down12
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it so expensive to develop a web browser?nebulaone@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareZangoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·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-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months 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-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.
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)