[eeZah7Ux]

> Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

...which is a very misleading comparison. Measuring the build by weight is a rough but not terrible metric, and it applies to cars as well.

It also implies that there's such thing as reaching 100%, which is very wrong for software: most poorly written software uses 10x or 100x SLOC than what is required.

[ryandrake]

Yea, I get the point of the quote, but as someone actually building an airplane (in my garage), weight is something I'm constantly aware of and looking to minimize. It's not a measure of project progress, but it's a big factor in the final performance of the end product.