[rohern]

The data in the article based on LOC seems to match very closely conclusions based on other data. I do not know that we get to throw out this measure just 'cuz. This is proof of nothing, but no one is offering proof that we should ditch this measurement.

[jlarocco]

I'd almost bet the author started with the conclusion and went searching for more data to back it up, so it's not a surprise to me that his data backs up his conclusion.

And nobody is offering proof that this measurement is meaningful, so it should be ditched.

[dsberkholz]

I started with a hypothesis that LOC/commit might be an interesting way to compare the productivity of languages, and I frankly had no clue whether it would produce anything useful or interpretable at all. When it did, I figured it was cool enough to write it up, although it's definitely fairly noisy data.