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by brianon99 2987 days ago
LOC is not a good way to measure the "bloatness" of a software. There is a significant amount of device driver code in linux kernel. With the number of devices exponentially increasing, it is inevitable, but it does not make the kernel more complex.

A truck is not more complex than a car. A truck is bigger because it is designed to carry more load.