RE: 64 bit SUN Sparc now in news

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, because it's an integrated system there's only one line of code,
but it's a VERRRRRRYYYYY long line !
(About as long as the line up for earmuffs in Rochester MN in February).
:-o


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric [SMTP:Eric@norcov.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 12:14 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: 64 bit SUN Sparc now in news
> 
> Anyone know how many lines of code make up OS/400?  
> 
> Eric Kempter
> Director of MIS
> Commair Mechanical Services
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Len Massaar [SMTP:massaar_len@email.msn.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 5:46 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      64 bit SUN Sparc now in news
> 
> <slash>
> 
> 
>   In addition, Zander questioned the stability of the next version of
> NT --
> release 5.0 -- which
>   is written in 30 million lines of code, more than half of which will
> be
> newly written for the new
>   version of the OS, he said. 
> 
>   "Would you bet your business on 16 million lines of new code?" he
> asked.
> By contrast, the
>   Solaris 2.6 operating system uses about 13 million lines of code, he
> said. 
> 
> <slash>
> 
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