(LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC or one can characterise a week' s progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=reinvent the wheel">reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines. (2001-05-28)
