500 million lines of code visualized

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Apparently healthcare.gov has 500 million lines of code. Is a million lines of code a lot? How many lines are there in Windows? Facebook? iPhone apps?

Sources used in the graphic.

Comments

[icelore.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to imply that the person who made the graphic was trying to make it easier for non-coders to condemn, more the media outlets who keep tossing this phrase around and around.

From what I've red, while the site obviously has to be huge for the very reasons you listed, it was flawed from the start. One of the goals of coding is to make a neat code, and not over do it. More code is just more chances for things to go wrong. This thing is monstrous, and it's just causing issues it seems. :/