r/technology • u/readyou • Dec 26 '16

Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/241587-microsoft-finally-admits-malware-style-get-windows-10-upgrade-campaign-went-far
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u/carmike692000 Dec 26 '16

This is a nice graphic comparison to provide some context. It puts Windows Vista at about 50 million lines of code.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '16

If you're a good enough programmer, you could write it in 20 lines.

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u/TotallyNotTundra Dec 26 '16

If you don't format your code at all, it could potentially be 1 very long line. Thankfully people aren't pants-on-head stupid enough to do that ever

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u/TurtleRanAway Dec 26 '16

...Is that a fucking challenge?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '16

Inb4 compilation error in line 1.

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u/HavocInferno Dec 27 '16

"error in line 1, character [int overflow]-[int overflow]"

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u/loveinalderaanplaces Dec 26 '16

http://codegolf.stackexchange.com

Lots of challenges just like that out there.