loc
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- noun
- Jargon
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loc
- The project manager estimated that the new software would require approximately 10,000 LoC to complete.
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Suppose you structured your code in such a way that you only had to look at under 1,000 LoC at a time in order to do useful work.
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Along the way, this has resulted in spin-offs like the GUI interface, OO programming, and, if his latest effort pays off, an entire computing system in 20,000 LOC.
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Sometimes the LoC is not the problem, but the functional complexity of the system.
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What I'm not buying is your focus on the "LoC" metric.
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500,000 LOC = 65 years for coding for one person!
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I found that, even with reasonable test coverage, changing up code bases of 10K LoC became challenging.
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Keep your program around 10k LoCs.
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Recently, Flicker claims to have the TCB down to around a few hundred LOC on an untrusted system.
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However, I would posit that the size of the problem is more a function of the structure/design of the code than just the number of LoC.
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In programming, LOC metrics is a good example of a metric based on a faulty premise.
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Synonyms
Lines of computer code used to measure program size
A single line of code in a computer program
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Loc is a short form of lines of code, meaning the number of text lines in a computer program. So, when people talk about loc, they are using a simple way to say how big or how much work a program is.