Comment by Zigurd
1 day ago
DEC filled The Mill in Maynard and multiple huge office buildings along 495. How many people did it take to write code for the next version of VAX VMS?
1 day ago
DEC filled The Mill in Maynard and multiple huge office buildings along 495. How many people did it take to write code for the next version of VAX VMS?
An Operating System is far larger and more complex than Messenger.
Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Messenger had more LOC than an early OS...
Software today has gotten too complex and bloated in a lot of cases.
Yeah, ugh! Who needs other language support anyway, we everyone should just learn English! And pictures! In a messaging app! Everyone should learn to use and read the entire breadth of human emotion via colon and a letter. :p
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A typical configuration was 2 to 4 MB of RAM. Just how much OS complexity can you stuff into that?