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I'm reminded of this Google Tech Talk, where the speaker (Jon Bentley) refers to a colleague's praise of someone who "adds function by deleting code": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMnn0Jq0J-E

Edit: Fixed quote



You know you are doing it write when you do that.

For added value combine with sloccount when removing code (I removed $200k value from our software, fixed 8 bugs, and removed that stupid limitation about green text today)...


> I removed $200k value from our software

That sounds like a bad thing...


Not when you are using sloccount to measure the 'value' of the software.




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