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by igniteflow 5264 days ago
Non-code lines shouldn't be included as they don't get compiled, otherwise you are just penalising for documentation
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Sorry, but I absolutely, completely disagree.

Why? Documentation has to be maintained.

The LOC metric isn't about the cost to the computer to execute the code. What is IS about is the cost to the developers to create and maintain it.