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It makes sense to talk about lines of code when thinking about engineering hour efficiency. It costs the same amount for a programmer to write one line of C as
by mafuyu 12y ago
It makes sense to talk about lines of code when thinking about engineering hour efficiency. It costs the same amount for a programmer to write one line of C as one line of Assembly, and the rate of bugs tracks lines of code as well. The underlying libraries and abstractions should be considered if you're thinking about computing efficiency.
- choward 12y agoUsing lines of code as a metric makes no sense at all. Bad programmers produce more lines of code. Does that make them more efficient?
- mafuyu 12y agoA good programmer that writes less lines of code is more efficient than a bad programmer that writes more to do the same work, because you pay each per line of code. A library that allows both to write less lines of code will increase efficiency for everyone.
- Retra 12y agoThe time it takes to learn and master the language aren't irrelevant either.