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github suppresses views of syntax-highlighted files that have too many lines or too-long lines. They make browsers crawl or crash (too many elements...) and they're not useful for humans to try to view on a web page anyway.

I guess it's no surprise that microsoft software has a human-edited source file that's over 35000 lines...



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> I guess it's no surprise that microsoft software has a human-edited source file that's over 35000 lines...

IIRC, it was originally machine-generated... from LISP code written by David Bacon, under contract from the then-GC owner Patrick Dussud.


Holy crap, do you have a link that explains that in more detail? That sounds amazing.


I'm sorry, what? That sounds awesome.


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