A better metric than lines of code
scott_s: A common claim I hear from software engineering researchers is that the number of errors in X lines of code from a person is constant. "Lines of code" is supposedly independet of programming language.If this is true, then the implication is that when you can implement the same functionality in less code, it will also probably have less bugs. So, if we look at opportunities for bugs, I think lines of code is relevant.