Correct, the initial 16k LoC was not complete. In fact ( no metrics ), I deleted large portions of redundant files/code and at one stage we were back at about 1

Correct, the initial 16k LoC was not complete. In fact ( no metrics ), I deleted large portions of redundant files/code and at one stage we were back at about 11k LoC. The comment about 16k -> 45k LoC was to give an idea of how much we had added to the product over the last 10 months.