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Code does things. Code provides features. Therefore, the more lines of code software has, the more features it offers. This is another way of saying that number
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Code does things. Code provides features. Therefore, the more lines of code software has, the more features it offers. This is another way of saying that number_of_bugs / number_of_features is a constant. Any added feature has some constant probability of introducing a bug. More features, more bugs. Pretty obvious stuff, if you ask me. Software with zero lines of code does nothing at all and has zero bugs.
- anonymoushn 4y agoyou don't think there's much variability in features per loc?
- readthenotes1 4y ago"Therefore, the more lines of code software has, the more features it offers" That assumption is radically untrue based on most of the code I have seen.
- 7e 4y agoCall them what you want. Each line of code means and does something. If code were a novel, this research could be summarized as “the number of typos and plot holes in a novel are proportional to the number of chapters, paragraphs, and sentences, as everyone knows—but they’re also proportional to the number of words and characters!” Yeah, no kidding. The author is trying to convey information. More words, more information. Holds true across all natural and unnatural languages. Reduce entropy and you reduce the possibility for errors. Though that doesn’t make for a very interesting novel.