Why Lines-of-Code is a Silly Metric

Using metrics to measure progress is not inherently bad, but you have to make sure that you measure meaningful things. Measuring business value delivered over time is a good idea (if you can find a way to do it). Measuring lines of code is not. Why? Because on its own, a line of code is not particularly meaningful. If programmer A takes 100 lines of code to achieve the same functionality that takes programmer B 10 lines, is A ten times as productive as B? Quite the opposite. more »
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