>> The minimization is done by the programmer because >> she is lazy and longs for conciseness. I view longing for conciseness to be the sign of a good prog

>> The minimization is done by the programmer because >> she is lazy and longs for conciseness. I view longing for conciseness to be the sign of a good programmer, not a lazy one. http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Negative_2000_Lines_Of_Code.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s... "He thought his goal was to write as small and fast a program as possible, and that the lines of code metric only encouraged writing sloppy, bloated, broken code.' http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LinesOfCode http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LinesOfCode "Measuring software productivity by lines of code is like measuring progress on an airplane by how much it weighs."- Bill Gates