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Discussion on: LOC is an important metric to measure developer productivity

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Thomas Hansen

On the other hand, context is needed to evaluate each case

One can never generalise, and there are no rules without exceptions, but I've heard too many times people tell me that "LOC is the least interesting measure stick in the world", when this is simply not true ...

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JoelBonetR 🥇

Agree. On the other hand we can't state that more LOC = better in every case. Most of the time, applying KISS ends up on a more maintainable code :)

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Thomas Hansen

I agree, the less code the better as a general rule. However, when the product is code, and the code isn't there, you have a problem ...

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JoelBonetR 🥇

Hahahaha that's it