gzipped source size in generally considered a better measure of effort than actual LOC. The reason for this is that the languages with a lot of boiler plate usu

gzipped source size in generally considered a better measure of effort than actual LOC. The reason for this is that the languages with a lot of boiler plate usually have tooling, IDE's etc to make that pain go away, and gzipped source, while still counting repeated boiler plate end up weighing it less than unique lines of code.