I've observed that lines of code are measured differently based on whether the writer is trying to convince the audience that the subject matter is big and complicated and the reader should respect the magnitude of dealing with this particular piece of software OR whether the author wants you to appreciate the brevity/simplicity/approachability of the software in question. The first decision made in this decision tree is whether you just use wc , or whether you filter out empty lines. Next goes the comments. Next goes syntactically less significant lines (just a closing brace that could* go on the previous line). Wash rinse repeat.
It's a variant of the "I didn't have time to write you a short ____ so I wrote a long one instead" adage.
I would guess (but only guess) that this article erred on the side overstating size.
It's a variant of the "I didn't have time to write you a short ____ so I wrote a long one instead" adage.
I would guess (but only guess) that this article erred on the side overstating size.