[rmrfstar]

You could probably turn this into an interesting blog post.

+ What subsystems does each project have? How do LOC stack up on a per-subsystem basis?

+ Do they have different dependencies?

+ Does LOC have the same meaning in the two projects, or are there stylistic differences that meaningfully alter line counts?

+ Are statically linked binaries similarly sized?

So, it looks like you have the right question. You just need to do the digging.

[eloff]

Also if there are large generated files (the SQL parser is generated from a grammar) or if one project is vendoring dependencies it can artificially skew the line count.

It's not a meaningful measure in itself without digging deeper.