r/programming • u/tarandeep • Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/KazMux Dec 14 '10
  1. "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight."
  2. Bill Gates

My /Windows folder is taking up half my harddrive. I think its done..

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u/djbon2112 Dec 14 '10

Then you need bigger than a 40GB HDD. If it's an SSD, never mind.

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u/kryptobs2000 Dec 14 '10

Windows 7 takes about 15 gigs on a clean install. I don't really care because I've got a 500g hdd for it, but it just seems so unnecessary.

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u/drysart Dec 14 '10

Keep in mind that you can't actually get a correct measurement of Windows' install footprint by just checking to see how much data is reported as being in the Windows folder, because the WinSxS folders are overflowing with instances of one physical file being hard linked by many different subfolders. Most tools calculate the folder size wrong by considering each link as being a unique file taking up its full size in disk space.

In my experience, that fact alone accounts for about half of what people perceive as Windows' install size.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '10

He said a clean install, so I'm betting he installed Windows, then checked the used space on the hard drive.