Before revision: An updated calculation , using then-current 20,088,609 LOC (lines of code) for the 4.14.14 Linux kernel and the current US national average programmer salary of 75,506 show that it would cost approximately 14,725,449,000 dollars (£11,191,341,000) to rewrite the existing code.
After revision: An updated calculation , using then-current 20,088,609 LOC (lines of code) for the 4.14.14 Linux kernel and the current US national average programmer salary of 75,506 show that it would cost approximately 14,725,449,000 (£11,191,341,000) to rewrite the existing code.