As someone who's still doing a lot of Perl: Can't we just ease up on the line count fetish? Some languages are really bloated, but I'd still say that more often

As someone who's still doing a lot of Perl: Can't we just ease up on the line count fetish? Some languages are really bloated, but I'd still say that more often than not, the sheer amount of lines isn't the most major factor of a program's cognitive load.