While it is true that SLOC is not a good measure, this does not mean that no good measure uses SLOC. Much of the variance comes a lack of information about codi

While it is true that SLOC is not a good measure, this does not mean that no good measure uses SLOC. Much of the variance comes a lack of information about coding style and algorithmic approach. But it's not the 90s anymore. In the presence of a style guide and code reviews to ensure that the local style is being followed properly SLOC counts do become locally comparable as a reasonable measure. I'd still use the churn rate (lines added + line removed) as a rate of productivity though, over just lines added.