Re: lines of code?

From: Joe Wright (joewwright_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:35:37 GMT

Digital Puer wrote:
>
> I have two questions about the metric of 'lines of code':
>
> 1. How do you actually count this? On a Unix box, I can run 'wc -l'
> to get the lines, but of course this includes comments and blank lines.
>
> 2. What is a fair number of lines of code in a one-man project that
> would show decent proficiency (i.e. for a job interview)?
> 5000? 10,000? 100,000?
>
> Thanks for any info.

The 'metric' means little. Some of my best work is 300 lines. And took
several days to write (including research, testing..). KLOC is a trap. 

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Joe Wright                                 http://www.jw-wright.com
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
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