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by James_K 590 days ago
It also excludes tests, which is how they reach such a low number. It seems they are trying to count the number of lines actually used in the executable. I can't see the value in this metric. If they want to talk about executable size, they should just use that. If they want to talk about the complexity of maintaining their project, then surely you must count all lines because those still make the project harder to maintain. I guess they're trying to measure the logical complexity of the final result, but I can't for the life of me think why a user or developer would care about this.