This reminds me very much of an EWD quote: "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as 'lines produced' but as 'li

This reminds me very much of an EWD quote: "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as 'lines produced' but as 'lines spent': the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger."