If I were in this conversation, it would turn a bit like this: "It's kind of complicated..." "I need a number." "I'm not giving you a number." "Why not?" "

If I were in this conversation, it would turn a bit like this: "It's kind of complicated..." "I need a number." "I'm not giving you a number." "Why not?" "Ask me an intelligent question and I'll give you an intelligent answer." "What??" "On the day we use horsepower as the sole measure of a car, I'll give you a sole measure of a programming language."