Good point. It's similar to the fallacy of measuring coder productivity by "lines of code written." Reminds me of the anecdote about Bill Atkinson: His manager

Good point. It's similar to the fallacy of measuring coder productivity by "lines of code written." Reminds me of the anecdote about Bill Atkinson: His manager required a "productivity" form that asked "how many lines of code did you write this week?" Having just refactored QuickDraw, with vast gains in speed and simplicity, answered "-2000." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Lin...