My programming experience dates from the early 1960s. I hope these questions are meaningful in terms of todays software technology.
2006-09-11 10:06:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Millions and several millions. What a silly question.
2006-09-11 10:10:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if anyone knows. There are thousands of modules created by different parts of Microsoft. One group may format what the screen looks like and another the cd drive instructions. I remember the first time I ran Norton Antivirus on the new computer and there were close to 100,000 modules. How do you really count them when many parts are only used for specific purposes that you may never use? There is no one big Windows program.
BTW: I started programming when you did.
2006-09-11 17:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good question. I think it must be in the millions and when talking in machine code it must be over 100 million.
Do you count function libary calls as lines of code (the code for the function?) Still I am sure it must be in the millions of lines of code.
The fact that it takes around 100 lines of machine code to output "Hello World" I am guessing that the lines of machine code willl be over 100 million for XP home.
2006-09-11 17:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by Siu02rk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the site below, about 40 million lines of code
2006-09-11 17:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by footynutguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8479265 XD i dont know. But as i know: To know answer for this you need the source code for XP and if someone post that num. theres a great possibility that hes from MS and wiht postin of that num. He will loose his job :))
2006-09-11 17:15:04 · answer #5 · answered by Icik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 10 the way mine works lol
sorry I don't know, I'm guessing it's alot
2006-09-11 17:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by abebibobub2003 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be hard to say, millions.
2006-09-11 17:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋