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    In computer science an average line of code is taken to be 60 characters. Bearing this in mind, how many lines of code are there in the latest version of the Microsoft Windows operating system and how many people were needed to put this code together?

    Question #63740. Asked by gmackematix. (Mar 20 06 10:23 PM)


    eggy103

    		One millon lines. 4000 programmers


    Mar 21 06, 2:00 PM
    gmackematix

    		Way off the mark, Eggy.
    I'm no sure about the latest version but according to several sites about computer science, the Windows XP operating system has over 55 million lines of code put together by 7,200 people.
    If they were to check it over until they could guarantee it was bug free, it probably wouldn't be released for another couple of years.

    Mar 21 06, 7:51 PM
    eggy103

    		I was guessing because no one had answered yet. You seem very intelligent, I'll trust you. Thanks for all your interesting and informative answers.

    Mar 22 06, 6:51 AM

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