The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995.
Capers Jones (1994). “Assessment and Control of Software Risks”, Prentice Hall
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The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995.