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I know there are a lot more lines and I didn’t count any of the imports from systemd either. 300 loc (machined) vs 3000 loc (systemd) was the closest comparison I could think of without crawling all imports and deps.

Would be happy to update with a different comparison you think is more fair.

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How about we just don't compare lines of code at all, as if it's a useful metric of anything?

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight."

-- attributed to Bill Gates

For measuring bloat however they're a good proxy.

Is there a metrics that can convey the complexity of a general purpose init system like systemd vs a single purpose init like Talos' machined?

That is what I was trying to convey and couldn't find a reasonable metric.

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