> There were people with 2k to 10k loc of experience in some language. That seems extremely low for any meaningful comparison ... It's low if you're comparing

> There were people with 2k to 10k loc of experience in some language. That seems extremely low for any meaningful comparison ... It's low if you're comparing languages based on the skills of experienced programmers, but most programmers are not terribly experienced. A comparison of languages by programmers that are novices to the language is still meaningful. A language that is easier for a novice to pick up and write good code is at the very least one good measure for the quality of the language.