That&#x27;s just it though—each task is a completely separate application. You&#x27;re comparing all of these applications (one of which is an init system) to just an init system (sysvinit).<p>Whether a distribution chooses to include timesyncd or another ntpd doesn&#x27;t magically make timesyncd an init system.<p>If sysvinit also included an ntpd client, _then_ it would be appropriate to include that module as well for a fair comparison of SLOC.<p>Another example would be to take vim, counting the SLOC including a bunch of downloaded plugins, _then_ comparing that number against emacs without any plugins.<p>It&#x27;s comparing apples to apples and oranges simply because they&#x27;re in the same basket.