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ArbitraryLimits on June 1, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against I...

Yes it is, but your parent post was asking how they knew how large the source code was. This quotation is reporting the size of the final binary.

schiffern on June 1, 2012 [–]

Where did the article say 'source code'? Machine code is still 'code'.

You have to consider the audience the NY Times is targeting. Just knowing what a compiler is puts one in relatively sparse company.

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