I think you can likely argue writing less code means creating fewer bugs. But there are a billion counterexamples where more code accounts for more conditions,

I think you can likely argue writing less code means creating fewer bugs. But there are a billion counterexamples where more code accounts for more conditions, and thus means less remaining bugs. This is a great read on why that's the case: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html