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by xiphias 3483 days ago
Maybe Linux is not rewritten because it doesn't have tests
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It is being rewritten all the time, but new code per arch or driver dwarfs common.
Still, without a high and good test coverage that makes sure that the drivers don't break when the core is changed, it's not worth to do refactoring just to make the code cleaner. Still, it's amazing how much extra functionality was possible to be added